Cast & Crew

Directed by

Torquil Jones

Writing Credits

Gabriel Clarke
Gabriel Clarke
(written by)
Torquil Jones
(written by)
Torquil Jones

Cast

Nirmal Purja
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Suchi Purja
Self - Wife of Nimsdai Purja
Klára Kolouchová
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Reinhold Messner
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
James Barber
Self - Altitude Performance Specialist
Geljen Sherpa
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer / Rescue Crew
Mingma Sherpa
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer / Rescue Crew (as Mingma David Sherpa)
Lakpa Dendi
Self - Sherpa
Gesman Tamang
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer / Rescue Crew
Garrett Madison
Self - Friend & High Altitude Mountaineer
Don Bowie
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Kamal Purja
Self - Brother
Jimmy Chin
Self - Professional Climber
Conrad Anker
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Alavi Armin
Nick
Edmund Hillary
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Mike Horn
Self - Explorer
Tenzing Norgay
Self - High Altitude Mountaineer
Purna Kumari Purja
Self - Mother of Nirmal

Produced by

Mercedes Amézola
line producer
Anna Barnes
executive producer
Jimmy Chin
executive producer
Aloke Devichand
executive producer (uncredited)
Sarafina DiFelice
executive producer (uncredited)
Torquil Jones
producer (produced by)
Drew Masters
producer (produced by)
John McKenna
producer (produced by)
Cristina Miro
archive producer
Nirmal Purja
executive producer (as Nirmal 'Nimsdal' Purja)
Catherine Quantschnigg
producer (produced by)
Barry Smith
producer (produced by)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
executive producer
Mark Webber
executive producer

Music by

Nainita Desai

Cinematography by

Chris Alstrin
director of photography
Nirmal Purja
director of photography (as Nirmal 'Nimsdal' Purja)

Editing by

Ian Grech

Production Management

Elaine Nankervis
Line Producer

Art Department

Adam Constable
graphic designer
Hugh Johnson
graphic designer

Sound Department

Sisan Baniya
sound recordist
Greg Frizzell
sound recordist
Andrew Harris
sound editor
Vojtech Komarek
sound recordist
Julian Matthey
sound recordist
George Precious
sound recordist
Frankie Richards
sound recordist
Rob Sansome
sound recordist
Dan Weinberg
re-recording mixer / sound designer

Camera and Electrical Department

Chris Alstrin
additional cinematography
Sisan Baniya
additional cinematography
Nik Carter
aerial filming: UK
Lakpa Dendi
cinematography: high altitude (as Lakpa Dendi Sherpa)
Sandro Gromen-Hayes
cinematography: basecamp, K2 / cinematography: high altitude, Everest & Manuslu
Alit Gurung
cinematography: basecamp
Sagar Gurung
cinematography: basecamp
Drew Hisey
additional cinematography
Ross McDonnell
additional cinematography
Geljen Sherpa
cinematography: high altitude
Mingma Sherpa
cinematography: high altitude (as Mingma David Sherpa)
Jan Simanek
additional cinematography
Gesman Tamang
cinematography: high altitude
Lucas Tucknott
additional cinematography
Andrew White
additional photography
Andrew White
additional cinematography

Animation Department

Richard Swarbrick
animator
Daniel Fleet
animation producer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Alice Boreham
post production supervisor
Ben Coulson
director of operations
Andrés del Cano
Online Editor / finishing artist (as Andres Del Caño)
Jack Jones
digital colorist
Francesca Burton
color assist (uncredited)
James Moore
post production supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department

Robert Ames
conductor / orchestrator
Galya Bisengalieva
musician: solo violin
Javier Blanco-Lago
additional music
Ben Corrigan
additional orchestrations
Nainita Desai
composed by
Talia Morey
copyist
Steve Parr
score mixer
Violeta Vicci
violin (as Violeta Barrena Witschi)
Fiona Cruickshank
score engineer (uncredited)
Connie Edwards
music supervisor (uncredited)
Clifton Harrison
musician: viola (uncredited)
Roger Linley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue
musician: violin (uncredited)
George Oulton
score recordist (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Nigel Abbas
compliance lawyer
Don Bowie
archive footage
Lesley Burgess
insurance services
Peter Clark
translation services
Emma Clegg
insurance services
Christine Corner
tax credit advisor
Julian Freeston
production accountant
Alit Gurung
researcher
Ruth Halliday
clearance advisor
Paul Hillier
insurance services
Karen Johnson
production accountant
Louise Lambert
clearance advisor
Luke Moreau
researcher
Nirmal Purja
archive footage (as Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja)
Esther Randall
production lawyer
Elia Saikaly
archive footage
Paul Schaefer
compliance lawyer
Sarafina DiFelice
network executive producer (uncredited)

Thanks

Matt Allen
special thanks
James Barber
special thanks
Malcolm Bass
special thanks
Jonathan Blair
special thanks
Neil Blair
special thanks
Daniel Fleet
thanks (as Danny Fleet)
Ramesh Gurung
special thanks
Richard Jones
special thanks
Thomas Kranzle
special thanks
Ondrej Kulhánek
special thanks (as Andrej Kulhanek)
Purna Kumari Purja
in loving memory of
Sophy Purnell
special thanks
Joe Ratliffe
special thanks
Natalia Rivas
special thanks
Elia Saikaly
special thanks
Rory Scarfe
special thanks
Dawa Sherpa
special thanks (as Chhang Dawa Sherpa)
Halung Dorchi Sherpa
special thanks
Kasang Sherpa
special thanks
Phurba Sonam Sherpa
special thanks
Eric Sloss
special thanks
John Sloss
special thanks
Sara Vander Horn
special thanks
Freddie Wilkinson
special thanks
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