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Wild Life

Name: Wild Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-04-14
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.1

Not Rated

Documentary

7.1/10(11 ratings)

From Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Life" follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in mid-life, Kris and the outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer like Patagonia, The North Face, and Esprit, and turned their attention to a visionary effort to create National Parks throughout Chile and Argentina. "Wild Life" chronicles the highs and lows of their journey to effect the largest private land donation in history.

04-14-2023

1h 33m

Main Cast

Kristine Tompkins

Known For

Rick Ridgeway

Known For

Women of K2

2003

Jimmy Chin

Jimmy Chin (born October 12, 1973) is an American professional climber, mountaineer, skier, director and photographer. He has organized and led numerous climbing, ski-mountaineering and exploratory expeditions to China, Pakistan, Nepal, Tanzania, Chad, Mali, South Africa, Borneo, India and Argentina. His achievements include climbing and skiing Mount Everest from the summit, making first ascents of big walls and alpine towers in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan and the Garwhal Himalayas of Northern India, crossing the Chang Tang Plateau in north-western Tibet on foot. Chin's work documenting expeditions and climbs has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Outside magazine and others. In 2019, Chin was awarded the National Geographic "Photographer's Photographer Award" by his peers. His first book of photography documenting his career in the mountains, There and Back, became a New York Times Best Seller in 2021. Chin co-directs with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Together they directed the documentary Meru, which won numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award, and Free Solo, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, a BAFTA and seven Primetime Emmys. Free Solo had the highest-grossing opening weekend in history for a documentary.

Known For

Free Solo

2018

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021

Meru

2015

Claudio Alvarado

Known For

Michelle Bachelet

Known For

The Judge and the General

2008

Dago Guzman

Known For

Edgar Boyles

Known For

Timmy O'Neill

Known For

First Ascent

2006

Front Range Freaks

2003

Soundscape

2023

Yvon Chouinard

Yvon Chouinard (born November 9, 1938) is an American rock climber, environmentalist, and outdoor industry billionaire businessman. His company, Patagonia, is known for its environmental focus. Chouinard is also a surfer, kayaker, falconer, and is particularly fond of tenkara fly-fishing. He has written about climbing issues and ethics and on mixing environmentalism and business.

Known For

The Search for Freedom

2015

Valley Uprising

2014

Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes

2019

Susie Tompkins Buell

Known For

Main Cast

Movie Details

Production Info

Directors:: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Production:: National Geographic, Little Monster Films, National Geographic Documentary Films

Key Crew

Original Music Composer:: Gustavo Santaolalla

Producer:: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Producer:: Bob Eisenhardt

Producer:: Jimmy Chin

Producer:: Anna Barnes

Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Filming:: US

Languages:: en