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United States Jimmy Chin translates his extensive experience as a professional mountain athlete and acclaimed photographer into award-winning filmmaking and compelling brand collaborations.
Acclaimed for his extraordinary expeditions and evocative storytelling, Jimmy Chin's partnership with Bremont promises to inspire a new generation of watch users and involves him embodying and wearing Bremont's Land, Sea and Air based collections, and collaborating closely with Bremont on new collections or designs. He has also partnered with Bremont on a pair of limited edition Terra Nova chronographs.
Academy Award winning climber Jimmy Chin uses BEMER to empower an optimal physical peak by improving blood circulation.
Jimmy Chin is a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. They also showcased a new collaboration between The North Face and Gucci with Jimmy Chin and Jared Leto.
Baker Tilly announces filmmaker and adventurer Jimmy Chin as its new brand ambassador.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by Yeti.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by Panerai.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by Canon.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by DJI.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by Stance.
Jimmy Chin is listed as a sponsored athlete by Hanah.
Jimmy Chin was born on October 12, 1973, in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated from Carleton College in 1996 with a BA in Asian Studies. After college, he began a career in photography, initially selling a climbing photo for $500, which started his professional path. Chin became a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team in 2001, a position he has held for over two decades. His work as an expedition photographer has been featured in publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair.
Chin has achieved significant milestones in mountaineering. In 2006, he was part of the first American team to successfully ski from the summit of Mount Everest. In 2011, alongside Conrad Anker and Renan Ozturk, he completed the first ascent of “Shark’s Fin” on India’s Meru Peak. This expedition later became the subject of his critically acclaimed documentary *Meru* (2015), which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. His filmmaking career continued to grow, culminating in the Academy Award-winning documentary *Free Solo* (2018), which he co-directed with his wife, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. This film, chronicling Alex Honnold’s ropeless ascent of El Capitan, also won a BAFTA and seven Primetime Emmys.
In addition to *Meru* and *Free Solo*, Chin has directed and produced other notable documentaries, including *The Rescue* (2021), chronicling the Tham Luang cave rescue, and *Return to Space* (2022), focusing on Elon Musk and SpaceX. His first book of photography, *There and Back*, became a New York Times Best Seller in 2021, further cementing his reputation as a visual storyteller. Chin’s contributions to adventure photography were recognized with the National Geographic “Photographer’s Photographer Award” by his peers in 2019, signifying his impact on the field.
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