Thirty years of films fromplaces most crews never reach.
Co-founder of Teton Gravity Research. Fifteen years directing for Disney, National Geographic, Rolex, Apple, HBO, Red Bull, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Expeditions on seven continents.
Four ways to hire me.
Every one of these is work I have done for the brands on this page, usually in places with no road, no grid, and no second take.
Direct and produce
Brand films, documentary features, and series. From treatment through delivery, or just the field unit on someone else’s show.
Expedition and field production
Logistics, permits, aircraft, crew safety, and the judgment to bring everyone home. Seven continents, 35 years of mountains, oceans, and ice.
Aerial unit
Aerial director of photography and aircraft logistics at some of the highest altitudes ever filmed. Helicopter and drone, from Everest to Antarctica.
Photography and licensing
Three decades of expedition stills. Editorial commissions, brand campaigns, and licensing of existing work for hospitality, architecture, and publishing.
The films and series.
Everest: The Other Side
Perpetual Planet Everest
WILD LIFE
Edge of the Earth
Pole2Pole Antarctica
Semper Ride
Three trailers.
Everest: The Other Side
WILD LIFE
Edge of the Earth
“A consummate team player who leads by example.”Jimmy Chin, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
The director is also the expedition leader.
Most productions hire the creative and the logistics separately, then watch them argue at 5,000 meters. I have run both sides for thirty years: Teton Gravity Research from a garage in Jackson into one of the defining brands in adventure media, then fifteen years of OneEyedBird directing for the world’s biggest brands. Aircraft logistics, high-angle safety protocols now used by crews worldwide, and the no-ego call to turn around when the mountain says so.
Raised in rural Alaska, commercial fishing from age twelve. Wilderness First Responder. AIARE Level II avalanche certified. Jackson, Wyoming is home.
Three steps, no agency in between.
Call
Thirty minutes on the story, the place, and the risk. If I am not the right person, I will say so and point you to who is.
Plan
Treatment or shot plan, crew list, aircraft and permits, safety plan, budget. Day rate or project fee, written on one page.
Field and deliver
I direct and produce in the field, run the aerial unit when needed, and hand over edited masters or raw, your choice.
Have a film, a campaign, or an expedition that needs a director who has been there?
Remote pre-production and post from Jackson, Wyoming. Field work anywhere on earth. Day rate or project fee, one-line contract, no agency in the middle.
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