Biography
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
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits

Black Pearl
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2025

Black Pearl
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2025

Black Pearl
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025

The Cobra and the Heart
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025

Sleeping Lion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023

Sleeping Lion
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2023

DNA
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023

Reel Rock 17
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023

Barefoot Charles
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022

Barefoot Charles
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2022

Barefoot Charles
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2022

Barefoot Charles
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2022

Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2021

Janja Garnbret: The Perfect Season
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2021

Action Directe
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2020

Action Directe
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020

Deep Roots
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020

First Ascent / Last Ascent
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2020

The Nose Speed Record
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019

The High Road
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019