aerialist

[dean potter]

Winner! 2007 Alpinist Film Festival the People's Choice Award

Aerialist - The Movie

PranaAerialist is about Dean Potter and his transformation from rock climber into an aerialist- defined as "an acrobat who performs at height". We have been working on Aerialist in one form or another for years. In 2006, we began shooting new action sequences of Dean practicing what he calls the "Three Disciplines"-Free Soloing, High-lining and BASE jumping- to complement years of archival footage. But the story goes back even further.

On January 22, 2002, Jose Pereyra, Dean's dear friend and mentor died while climbing in Mexico. The loss hit Dean at the peak of his speed climbing and alpinism career...

READ MORE... Dean Aerialist Aerialist Jose

Airialist News

Winner! 2007 Alpinist Film Festival- the People's Choice Award.
On March 17, after two weeks of scrambling to dial in the final edit, we presented the world premier of a segment of Aerialist (as a last minute surprise) to an enthusiastic audience at the New Center for the Performing arts in Jackson Hole, WY. As it turns out, we were the one being handed a surprise-the People's Choice Award! We would like to offer our sincere thanks to Christian Beckwith and the entire team at Alpinist for inviting us.
What an incredible event!