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Canada Elia Saikaly is an award-winning adventure filmmaker and high-altitude mountaineer who inspires action through his real-world experiences and storytelling.
Elia co-starred in a branded content series.
FindingLife is an interactive K-12 learning platform, founded by award-winning filmmaker Elia Saikaly, that combines adventure, technology, education and charitable initiatives.
Elia's Everest imagery is regularly licensed by these networks.
Elia won a Canadian Screen Award for his work with Rogers Sportsnet featuring former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez on a documentary entitled: Limitless.
Collaborated with these brands, producing compelling visual narratives.
Delivered footage featured on these major networks.
Elia Saikaly is an award-winning adventure filmmaker and high-altitude mountaineer based in Ottawa, Canada. He completed his Television Broadcasting Degree from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology between 1997 and 1999. Saikaly has participated in over 25 world-class expeditions, consistently documenting his journeys with a camera. This includes ten expeditions to Mount Everest, where he is the only Canadian to have summited the world’s tallest mountain five times. In 2021, he successfully reached the summit of K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. His background includes breaking a deadlift world-record in his age/weight bracket as a teenager by hoisting 525 lbs, and he employs a disciplined mindset combined with cold-water immersion training using Qi-Gong to perform in 8000m environments.
As a storyteller, Elia Saikaly documented and survived the 2014, 2015, and 2019 disasters on Mount Everest. His footage from Everest is regularly licensed by major networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, ESPN, Netflix, and BBC. In 2016, he co-starred with Pasang Kaji Sherpa in Discovery Channel’s series “Unclimbed – Reaching the Summit.” Saikaly has also worked as a director of photography for broadcast, corporate, and commercial productions through Reel Concepts since 2002. His work earned him a CINE Golden Eagle Award and two Canadian Screen Award nominations, including one for his work on “Limitless,” a documentary about former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez. He has collaborated with numerous celebrity athletes, including NBA champion Serge Ibaka and MLB Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero.
Elia Saikaly is the founder of FindingLife, an interactive K-12 educational platform established in January 2006. This program connects students to real-time learning adventures and charitable initiatives, enabling them to raise funds for projects such as a well in Kathmandu and new schools in Nepal following the 2015 earthquake. He has also been a Board Member of the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada since June 2015, supporting the Sherpa people of Nepal. As a keynote speaker, he has addressed over 100,000 students and various corporations, sharing his experiences on leadership, resilience, and achieving potential.
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