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).
King Lines
(Producer)
Rampage
(Director)
Rampage
(Producer)
Rampage
(Editor)
Barefoot Charles
(Director)
Barefoot Charles
(Producer)
Barefoot Charles
(Editor)
Spice Girl
(Director)
Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season
(Executive Producer)
Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season
(Editor)
Action Directe
(Director)
Action Directe
(Producer)
Deep Roots
(Director)
First Ascent / Last Ascent
(Producer)
Reel Rock 17
(Director)
Valley Uprising
(Producer)
Valley Uprising
(Director)
Reel Rock 8
(Director)
Reel Rock 7
(Director)
Reel Rock 6
(Director)
Reel Rock 5
(Director)
Rampage
(Director of Photography)
Progression
(Director of Photography)
Barefoot Charles
(Director of Photography)
DNA
(Director)
High And Mighty - Highball Bouldering
(Director)
Brette, A Year On The Road
(Cinematography)
Brette, A Year On The Road
(Editor)
Reel Rock 11
(Director)
Valley Uprising
(Editor)
Progression
(Editor)
King Lines
(Director of Photography)
King Lines
(Director)
King Lines
(Editor)
Pilgrimage
(Director)
A Line Across the Sky
(Director)
A Line Across the Sky
(Writer)
Dosage III
(Executive Producer)
Dosage V
(Director)
Dosage II
(Director)
Dosage I
(Director)
Reel Rock 10
(Director)
Reel Rock 10
(Writer)
Free Hueco
(Director)
Dosage III
(Director)
Dosage IV
(Director)
Progression
(Director)
The Dawn Wall
(Director)
Reel Rock 12
(Director)
The Nose Speed Record
(Director)
The High Road
(Director)
Reel Rock 14
(Director)
Reel Rock 13
(Director)
Age of Ondra
(Director)
The Dawn Wall
(Editor)
Black Pearl
(Producer)
Black Pearl
(Editor)
Black Pearl
(Writer)
La Dura Dura
(Director)
La Dura Dura
(Writer)
La Dura Dura
(Cinematography)
La Dura Dura
(Editor)
High Tension
(Director)
Sleeping Lion
(Director)
Sleeping Lion
(Producer)
The Cobra and the Heart
(Director)
Reel Rock
(Director)
Reel Rock
(Producer)
Reel Rock
(Writer)