Jean-Claude Droyer
Self
Portrait of Jean-Claude Droyer, a famous French climber and mountain guide. He is known for having participated in the rise of free climbing in France in the late 1970s. Trained at the climbing schools of Fontainebleau and Saussois, he distinguished himself in 1965 by solo climbing the Pentecôte route at Glandasse. He also made first ascents in the Verdon Gorges, winter ascents in the Prealps and the Mont Blanc massif, notably in 1971 the first solo ascent of the Directe Américaine on the west face of the Drus. The film was selected for the "Les Écrans Documentaires" festival in 2004.
Director
Writer
The Alpinist
2021
Valley Uprising
2014
Free Solo
2018
The Dawn Wall
2017
Meru
2015
180° South
2010
The Deepest Breath
2023
Touching the Void
2003
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021
Mountain
2017
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2014
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
2018
Lumière & Company
1995
Uncle Yanco
1967