Josh Lowell

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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).

Film	Credit
Black Pearl2025 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
The Cobra and the Heart2025 · Director	Director
Riders on the Storm2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Sleeping Lion2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
DNA2023 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 172023 · Director	Director
Barefoot Charles2022 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Action Directe2020 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
First Ascent / Last Ascent2020 · Producer	Producer
Deep Roots2020 · Director	Director
The High Road2019 · Director	Director
The Nose Speed Record2019 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 142019 · Director	Director
Age of Ondra2019 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 132018 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 122017 · Director	Director
The Dawn Wall2017 · Director	Director
Ice Revolution2017 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 112016 · Director	Director
A Line Across the Sky2015 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Reel Rock 102015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
High And Mighty2015 · Director	Director
Dodo's Delight - The Adventures Of The Dodo2015 · Director	Director
Valley Uprising2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Reel Rock 82013 · Director	Director
High Tension2013 · Director	Director
Spice Girl2013 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 72012 · Director	Director
La Dura Dura2012 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Reel Rock 62011 · Director	Director
Reel Rock 52010 · Director	Director
Progression2009 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Dosage V2008 · Director	Director
King Lines2007 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Dosage IV2006 · Director	Director
Dosage III2005 · Director	Director
Dosage II2004 · Director	Director
Pilgrimage2003 · Director	Director
Dosage I2002 · Director	Director
Frequent Flyers - Bouldering Around The World2001 · Self	Self
Rampage1999 · Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Free Hueco1998 · Director	Director
BBig Up - Bouldering in the Gunks1997 · Director	Director
The SenseiDirector	Director
Charles at LargeDirector	Director