
About
Josh Lowell
Overview
Josh Lowell first started climbing when he was a skinny 16-year-old in New York. A couple years later, he began taking a video camera to crags and putting together films of his friends. That was the start of a prolific career in climbing films. Lowell founded Big UP Productions in 1997, and the company produced Rampage, Pilgrimage and King Lines. In 2006, Big UP partnered with Sender Films to found the Reel Rock Film Tour, which has developed into the biggest climbing media platform in the world with over 400 live screening events each fall. With Sender Films, Lowell directed High and Mighty (Mountainfilm 2016), Young Guns and Brette (both at Mountainfilm 2017); The Dawn Wall (Mountainfilm 2018), Age of Ondra (Mountainfilm 2019), The High Road (Mountainfilm 2020), Reel Rock 15: Action Directe (Mountainfilm 2021) and Reel Rock 16: Barefoot Charles (Mountainfilm 2022).
Known for
Acting |
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2001 | Frequent Flyers - Bouldering Around The World | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1999 | Rampage | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Directing |
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2023 | Sleeping Lion | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2023 | DNA | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2023 | Reel Rock 17 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2022 | Barefoot Charles | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2020 | Deep Roots | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Action Directe | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2019 | The High Road | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Reel Rock 14 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2019 | The Nose Speed Record | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2019 | Age of Ondra | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Reel Rock 13 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2017 | Reel Rock 12 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2017 | The Dawn Wall | Directing | Director | 67 Fair |
2016 | Reel Rock 11 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Reel Rock 10 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | A Line Across the Sky | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | High And Mighty - Highball Bouldering | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Valley Uprising | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
2013 | Reel Rock 8 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2013 | Spice Girl | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2012 | Reel Rock 7 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2012 | La Dura Dura | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2011 | Reel Rock 6 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2010 | Reel Rock 5 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2009 | Progression | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2008 | Dosage V | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2007 | King Lines | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2006 | Dosage IV | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2005 | Dosage III | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2004 | Dosage II | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Pilgrimage | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2002 | Dosage I | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1999 | Rampage | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1998 | Free Hueco | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2015 | A Line Across the Sky | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2015 | Reel Rock 10 | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2012 | La Dura Dura | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Black Pearl | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2023 | Sleeping Lion | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2022 | Barefoot Charles | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2021 | Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2020 | Action Directe | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2020 | First Ascent / Last Ascent | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2014 | Valley Uprising | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
2007 | King Lines | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2005 | Dosage III | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
1999 | Rampage | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Black Pearl | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Camera |
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2022 | Barefoot Charles | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2009 | Progression | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2007 | King Lines | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1999 | Rampage | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
Crew |
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2016 | Brette, A Year On The Road | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
2012 | La Dura Dura | Crew | Cinematography | 58 Average |
Editing |
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2022 | Barefoot Charles | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2021 | Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | The Dawn Wall | Editing | Editor | 67 Fair |
2016 | Brette, A Year On The Road | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2014 | Valley Uprising | Editing | Editor | 61 Fair |
2012 | La Dura Dura | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2009 | Progression | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2007 | King Lines | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
1999 | Rampage | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
Black Pearl | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |