Josh Lowell
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2026
- The Dark Wizard ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- Black Pearl ... (Producer)
- Riders on the Storm ... (Director)
- The Cobra and the Heart ... (Director)
2023
- DNA ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 17 ... (Director)
- Sleeping Lion ... (Director)
2022
- Barefoot Charles ... (Producer)
2021
- Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- First Ascent / Last Ascent ... (Producer)
- Action Directe ... (Director)
- Deep Roots ... (Director)
2019
- Age of Ondra ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 14 ... (Director)
- The Nose Speed Record ... (Director)
- The High Road ... (Director)
2018
- Reel Rock 13 ... (Director)
2017
- The Dawn Wall ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 12 ... (Director)
- Ice Revolution ... (Director)
2016
- Reel Rock 11 ... (Director)
- Brette, A Year On The Road ... (Editor)
2015
- Dodo's Delight - The Adventures Of The Dodo ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 10 ... (Director)
- High And Mighty ... (Director)
- A Line Across the Sky ... (Writer)
2014
- Valley Uprising ... (Director)
2013
- Spice Girl ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 8 ... (Director)
- High Tension ... (Director)
2012
- La Dura Dura ... (Director)
- Reel Rock 7 ... (Director)
2011
- Reel Rock 6 ... (Director)
2010
- Reel Rock ... (Writer)
- Reel Rock 5 ... (Director)
2009
- Progression ... (Director of Photography)
2008
- Dosage V ... (Director)
2007
- King Lines ... (Producer)
2006
- Dosage IV ... (Director)
2005
- Dosage III ... (Executive Producer)
2004
- Dosage II ... (Director)
2003
- Pilgrimage ... (Director)
2002
- Dosage I ... (Director)
2001
1999
- Rampage as Self
1998
- Free Hueco ... (Director)
1997
- Big Up - Bouldering in the Gunks ... (Director)