Dave O'Leske

Dave O’Leske founded Through a Child's Eyes Productions in 1998 as an adventure, cultural and environmental digital video production company. His work has taken him around the world, telling unique stories through award-winning documentaries, commercial videos and photography. O’Leske’s first documentary, Spirit of Snow, won a Special Jury Award at the Mountainfilm in 2002. O’Leske spent nearly 10 years filming the mythical climber Fred Becky in the mountains of China, North America and in Becky’s home in the Pacific Northwest to create Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (Mountainfilm 2017).