Josh Lowell

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Josh Lowell

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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 fr…

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The Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall

8.0 2017 Movie
Valley Uprising

Valley Uprising

7.7 2014 Movie
Reel Rock

Reel Rock

7.5 2010 TV Show
The Dark Wizard

The Dark Wizard

8.6 2026 TV Show
Progression

Progression

6.1 2009 Movie
Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

6.0 2003 Movie
King Lines

King Lines

7.0 2007 Movie
Black Pearl

Black Pearl

10.0 2025 Movie
Dosage I

Dosage I

7.5 2002 Movie
Reel Rock 10

Reel Rock 10

8.2 2015 Movie
Reel Rock 6

Reel Rock 6

7.3 2011 Movie
Reel Rock 5

Reel Rock 5

8.4 2010 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Dark Wizard

    TV show Executive Producer

  2. 2025
    Black Pearl

    Movie Producer

  3. 2025
    Riders on the Storm

    Movie Director

  4. 2025
    The Cobra and the Heart

    Movie Director

  5. 2023
    Sleeping Lion

    Movie Director

  6. 2023
    DNA

    Movie Director

  7. 2023
    Reel Rock 17

    Movie Director

  8. 2022
    Barefoot Charles

    Movie Director

  9. 2021
    Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season

    Movie Editor

  10. 2020
    Action Directe

    Movie Producer

  11. 2020
    Deep Roots

    Movie Director

  12. 2020
    First Ascent / Last Ascent

    Movie Producer

  13. 2019
    Reel Rock 14

    Movie Director

  14. 2019
    The Nose Speed Record

    Movie Director

  15. 2019
    The High Road

    Movie Director

  16. 2019
    Age of Ondra

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2018
    Reel Rock 13

    Movie Director

  2. 2017
    Reel Rock 12

    Movie Director

  3. 2017
    The Dawn Wall

    Movie Director

  4. 2017
    Ice Revolution

    Movie Director

  5. 2016
    Reel Rock 11

    Movie Director

  6. 2016
    Brette, A Year On The Road

    Movie Editor

  7. 2015
    Reel Rock 10

    Movie Writer

  8. 2015
    A Line Across the Sky

    Movie Writer

  9. 2015
    Dodo's Delight - The Adventures Of The Dodo

    Movie Director

  10. 2015
    High And Mighty

    Movie Director

  11. 2014
    Valley Uprising

    Movie Producer

  12. 2013
    Reel Rock 8

    Movie Director

  13. 2013
    High Tension

    Movie Director

  14. 2013
    Spice Girl

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    Reel Rock 7

    Movie Director

  16. 2012
    La Dura Dura

    Movie Director

  17. 2011
    Reel Rock 6

    Movie Director

  18. 2010
    Reel Rock 5

    Movie Director

  19. 2010
    Reel Rock

    TV show Director

  20. 2009
    Progression

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 2008
    Dosage V

    Movie Director

  22. 2007
    King Lines

    Movie Producer

  23. 2006
    Dosage IV

    Movie Director

  24. 2005
    Dosage III

    Movie Executive Producer