Peter Mortimer

Peter Mortimer is an Emmy-winning and PGA-nominated filmmaker best known for his feature documentaries The Alpinist (2021), The Dawn Wall (2017) and Valley Uprising (2014), and as creator and director of the Reel Rock Film Tour (2001–present). He has produced and directed multiple films related to rock climbing, mountaineering and outdoor adventure under the production group Sender Films. Mortimer is the director of The Dark Wizard (Mountainfilm 2026), alongside co-director Nick Rosen.

Sender Films’ Mountainfilm history includes Alone on the Wall (Mountainfilm 2010), Honnold 3.0 (Mountainfilm 2013), Valley Uprising, The Man Behind the Mask and A Line Across the Sky (all Mountainfilm 2015); High and Mighty, Showdown at Horseshoe Hell , Generation Up (all Mountainfilm 2016); Brette, Boys in the Bugs, and Young Guns (all Mountainfilm 2017); The Dawn Wall (Mountainfilm 2018), Up to Speed, and Age of Ondra (both at Mountainfilm 2019); The High Road and United States of Joe's (both at Mountainfilm 2020); and most recently Xavi SK8 and Reel Rock 15: Black Ice (both at Mountainfilm 2021); and most recently Reel Rock 16: Big Things to Come and Reel Rock 16: Cuddle (both Mountainfilm 2022) as well as Reel Rock: Resistance Climbing (Mountainfilm 2023). 

Mortimer grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where he lives today with his wife and two children, and where he continues to climb, ski and explore in the mountains. He studied geology at Colorado College and received his master’s degree in film from the University of Southern California.