Jimmy Chin is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, award-winning National Geographic photographer and professional climber and skier. He has led and documented cutting edge expeditions around the world for over 20 years. He has climbed and skied Mount Everest from the summit and made the coveted first ascent of the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru. His photographs have graced the covers of National Geographic Magazine and the New York Times Magazine. In 2019 Chin, along with co-director and co-producer Chai Vasarhelyi, was awarded a BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Free Solo, an intimate, unflinching portrait of rock climber Alex Honnold. The film also received seven Emmy awards. More recently he co-directed his first scripted feature Nyad for Netflix, which saw both stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster receiving Academy Award nominations.