Josh Lowell
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 25, 1972
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
Charles at Large TBA
Director
The Sensei TBA
Director
Riders on the Storm 2025
Director, Writer, Producer
The Cobra and the Heart 2025
Director
Black Pearl 2025
Producer, Editor, Writer
Sleeping Lion 2023
Director, Producer
DNA 2023
Director
Reel Rock 17 2023
Director
Barefoot Charles 2022
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season 2021
Executive Producer, Editor
First Ascent / Last Ascent 2020
Producer
Deep Roots 2020
Director
Action Directe 2020
Director, Producer
Reel Rock 14 2019
Director
The High Road 2019
Director
The Nose Speed Record 2019
Director
Age of Ondra 2019
Director
Reel Rock 13 2018
Director
Reel Rock 12 2017
Director
The Dawn Wall 2017
Director, Editor, Producer
Ice Revolution 2017
Director
Reel Rock 11 2016
Director
Brette, A Year On The Road 2016
Cinematography, Editor
Reel Rock 10 2015
Director, Writer
A Line Across the Sky 2015
Director, Writer
Dodo's Delight - The Adventures Of The Dodo 2015
Director
High And Mighty 2015
Director
Valley Uprising 2014
Producer, Director, Editor
High Tension 2013
Director
Reel Rock 8 2013
Director
Spice Girl 2013
Director
Reel Rock 7 2012
Director
La Dura Dura 2012
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Reel Rock 6 2011
Director
Reel Rock 5 2010
Director
Progression 2009
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
Dosage V 2008
Director
King Lines 2007
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Dosage IV 2006
Director
Dosage III 2005
Executive Producer, Director
Dosage II 2004
Director
Pilgrimage 2003
Director
Dosage I 2002
Director
Frequent Flyers - Bouldering Around The World 2001
as Self
Rampage 1999
as Self, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Free Hueco 1998
Director
Big Up - Bouldering in the Gunks 1997
Director
Credits from TMDB.