Peter Mortimer (filmmaker)
Encyclopedia
Peter Mortimer is an American filmmaker from Colorado
. He has produced and directed three films related to rock climbing
and mountaineering
under the production group Sender Films.
. He attended Colorado College
graduating with honors in geology. He later attended the University of Southern California
School of Cinema and Television, receiving his MFA in film. Mortimer has won awards for his films from multiple mountain film festivals.
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. He has produced and directed three films related to rock climbing
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
and mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
under the production group Sender Films.
Biography
Mortimer was born in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He attended Colorado College
Colorado College
The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...
graduating with honors in geology. He later attended the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
School of Cinema and Television, receiving his MFA in film. Mortimer has won awards for his films from multiple mountain film festivals.
Filmography
- Front Range Freaks (2003)
- Return2Sender (2005)
- First Ascent (2006)
- King Lines (2007)
- The Sharp End (2008)