Sender Films integrates action with story-telling to create climbing/mountaineering and adventure sports documentary films. Sender Films goes inside the sport of hard-core climbing, focusing on climbers driven to obscure accomplishments. According to Outside Magazine, Sender Films has "focused on character-driven narratives..". Over the past three years, Sender Films has produced the six-part series First Ascent with National Geographic International. They have also been producing adventure film segments for US TV networks such as NBC, The Weather Channel, and Outside TV.
In 2016, The feature documentary Valley Uprising won a News and Documentary Emmy: Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction.
On April 25, 2015, the feature documentary Valley Uprising had its television premiere headlining Discovery Channel's Elevation Weekend.
During Ueli Steck and Simone Moro's attempted ascent of Mount Everest in April 2013, a conflict between climbers and sherpas derailed the expedition and put the climbers in the national spotlight. Sender Films later that year released their retelling of the events as "High Tension: Ueli Steck and the Clash on Everest" along with the REEL ROCK 8 Film Tour.
Reel Rock Film Tour 2011, part of an annual compilation of adventure film shorts that is co-produced by Sender Films and Big UP Productions, featured a short film called Sketchy Andy. Andy Lewis, or Sketchy Andy, is a professional slackliner, highliner, and BASE jumper. He was recently featured in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show alongside Madonna.
Reel Rock 12, premieres four new short films: "Break On Through", "Safety Third", "Above The Sea", and "Stumped"
Reel Rock 11, features five climbing and adventure films: "Young Guns", "Boys in the Bugs", "Brette", "Rad Dad", and "Dodo's Delight"
Reel Rock 10, consisted of five films: "A Line Across the Sky", "Dean Potter Tribute", "High and Mighty", "24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell" and "Dawn Wall Exclusive"
Valley Uprising, feature-length documentary
Reel Rock 8, consisted of the following films: "The Sensei", "Spice Girl", and "High Tension"
Reel Rock 7, consisted of four films: Wideboyz", "La Dura Dura", "Honnold 3.0", and "The Shark's Fin" T
Reel Rock 6, featured these short films; "Origins: Obe and Ashima", "Race for the Nose", ""Sketchy" Andy", "Ice Revolution", "Project Dawn Wall", and "Cold" First Ascent:
Reel Rock 5, featured short films, "The Hulk", "First Round First Minute", "Fly Or Die", "Down and Out and Under", "The Hardest Moves", and "The Swiss Machine"
First Ascent, Documentary about climbers in pursuit of a first ascent.
Return2Sender, a compilation of short climbing films
Front Range Freaks'', a short film detailing many of Colorado's Front Range climbers tackling Front Range routes.
Crew
Peter Mortimer is a filmmaker who lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is the founder of the adventure film company Sender Films. Peter is also co-founder, along with Josh Lowell of Big UP Productions, of the REEL ROCK Film Tour, coming up on its 13th year and showing in over 500 locations across the world.
Nick Rosen: Partner
Nick Rosen is a partner, writer, and producer at Sender Films. He is co-creator of the Emmy-nominated National Geographic Television Series, First Ascent, and co-director of The Sharp End as well as Valley Uprising.
Awards and honors
News and Documentary Emmy: Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction - Valley Uprising
Sports Emmy: Outstanding Camera Work - King Lines
News and Documentary Emmy: Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction - First Ascent
Sports Emmy: Outstanding Camera Work - First Ascent
