Peter Mortimer

"The Sharp End" showcases the climbers who risk everything to do the world's most dangerous and committing climbs. Run-out traditional routes, scary highball boulder problems, ice-covered alpine walls and all-or-nothing free-solo ascents are all part of the game. The film features Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Mike Patz, Steph Davis, Tommy Caldwell, Jonny Copp, Lisa Rands and many more.

Dean Potter tribute is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in El Capitan. It was directed by Peter Mortimer in 2015 and produced by Sender Films. It is a part of the series Reel Rock 10. It features Dean Potter.

Some of Colorado's strongest trad climbers put their necks out on bold Front Range testpieces. Includes Matt Samet's first ascent of a Flatiron's death route, Eric Johnson testing old Eldo pins on overhanging 5.12, Beth Bennett running it out, Topher Donahue making the first ascent of a 5.13 crack in Rocky Mountain National Park and Vera Schulte-Pelkum on a Lumpy Ridge off-width. A short film included as extras in the classical DVD Front Range Freaks, by Peter Mortimer.

The Dawn Wall is the film that documents the first free ascent of the most difficult big wall climb in the world, completed in January 2015 by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. The true achievement is obviously the first free ascent Dawn Wall, carried out by Tommy and Kevin at the end of 2014 and the start of 2015. But almost equal to that undertaking are the efforts required to document their attempts and progress, for almost an entire decade, up the smooth 1000 meter El Capitan in Yosemite. In this making of video, the guys at Sender Films share some of the strategies they used to push the limits of what’s possible in big-wall filmmaking.

In rural Utah, a valley of world-class bouldering is nestled among a conservative community of Mormons, cowboys and coal miners. When a ragged band of punk rock climbers shows up, the two cultures inevitably clash. After years of antagonism, a group of climbers work with locals to build a more harmonious future. But in this divided era, is that even possible? The second film of Reel Rock 14, featuring Steven Jeffrey, Mike Call, Boone Speed, Jared Roth, Jason Kehl, and others.

For decades, an elite handful of climbers have competed for the coveted speed record on the 3,000-foot Nose of El Capitan, risking big falls to shave mere seconds off the fastest time. When a record held by superstar Alex Honnold is broken by little-known climbers Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds, Honnold drafts fellow climbing legend Tommy Caldwell to establish a new mark that will stand the test of time. Honnold pushes for perfection while Caldwell, a family man, wrestles with the risk amid a series of accidents on the wall that lay bare the consequences of any mistake. The film is part of the Reel Rock 14 series.

While the world’s best boulderers push standards close to the ground, Nina Williams’ sights are set higher. She is among the only women who climb elite-level problems that are 30, 40, even 50 feet tall -- with no rope. In this profile of an emerging star athlete, Nina Williams flexes her guns and tests her nerves well into the no-fall zone. The film is part of the Reel Rock 14 series.

Adam Ondra, the 25-year-old Czech crusher , is the strongest rock climber ever. Late last year, he established a new benchmark for the sport: a 5.15d in Norway he dubbed Silence. On the heels of this ascent, Ondra has set out on new challenges in the realm of high-end sport climbing.. . We follow Adam from his home in the Czech Republic, across Europe to the Canadian Rockies, where he pursues his goals with incredible intensity. Age of Ondra is a rare, intimate journey with one of the great athletes at the peak of his powers.

15-year-old Ashima Shiraishi and 16-year-old Kai Lightner are the leaders of the next generation, already taking the sport to the next level. A trip to Norway puts their skills to the test, and Ashima attempts to make history on a V15 boulder in Japan. The first of the five Reel Rock 11 films.

Lone wolf Mike Libecki travels to the most remote corners of the globe to find unclimbed walls and establish first ascents. When Mike becomes a father, he has a new challenge: to reconcile his life of adventure with the demands of parenthood, but he may also gain a new partner for his expeditions. The third of the five Reel Rock 11 films.

Pack your penny whistle and batten down the hatches for a madcap sailing adventure in the Arctic Circle aboard the good ship Dodo’s Delight. Join Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, Ben Ditto, and brothers Nico and Olivier Favresse for a rollicking musical journey across open seas and up unclimbed big walls. The fifth of the five Reel Rock 11 films.

Will Stanhope and Matt Segal are elite-level crack climbers and world-class goofballs. Laugh along as they go for broke on an epic four-year battle to climb a forbidding 5.14 finger crack high in the Canadian alpine wilderness of the Bugaboos. The second of the five Reel Rock 11 films.