Jennifer Peedom
2021Her documentary Solo (co-directed with David Michôd) won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary in Under One Hour. Her film Sherpa, which was filmed during the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, won the 2015 Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival. It premiered internationally at the Telluride Film Festival and also screened at Toronto Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination in 2016 for Best Documentary.
In 2017 she directed Mountain, a collaboration the Australian Chamber Orchestra with script by Robert Macfarlane (writer), narrated by Willem Dafoe. It screened theatrically in 27 countries and went on to become the highest grossing (non-IMAX) Australian documentary of all time. It won 3 AACTA (Australian Academy Awards) in 2018.
Solo
Jennifer Peedom, David Michôd
Andrew McAuley
Michôd and Peedom's hour-long documentary recounts the tale of Andrew McAuley, an Australian adventurer who, in 2006, launched a quest to become the first person to paddle a kayak across the treacherous Tasman Sea, one of the loneliest and toughest stretches of water in the world.
Solo
Sherpa
Jennifer Peedom
Russell Brice, Tim Medvetz
In 2013, the world's media reported on a shocking mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. Director Jennifer Peedom and her team set out to uncover the cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 climbing season from the Sherpa's point-of-view. Instead, they captured Everest's greatest tragedy, when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the climbing route...
Sherpa
Miracle on Everest
Jennifer Peedom
Wayne Alexander, Lincoln Hall
2006 was one of the deadliest Everest seasons on record. Experienced mountaineer Lincoln Hall was invited to join an expedition as a high altitude cameraman. It was his second attempt to summit the mountain, having turned back just short 22 years earlier. Shortly after reaching the summit, Hall began to behave irrationally, suffering from lack of oxygen. Aided by his loyal Sherpas for over 9 hours, he eventually collapsed and they declared him dead. His family were informed and the news hit headlines. But something happened that night that science cannot explain. The next morning Lincoln Hall was found alive by approaching climbers and his dramatic rescue began. Never before has a man been declared dead so high on Everest and survived. This is the remarkable true story of Lincoln Hall’s extraordinary journey back from beyond.
Miracle on Everest
River
Joseph Nizeti, Jennifer Peedom
Willem Dafoe
A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, the poetic script will create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognizes their vulnerability.
River
As You Dreamt It
Jennifer Peedom, Leigh Richards
As You Dreamt It follows a leading Australian photographer as he interprets & photographs the recurring dreams of four refugees living on a housing estate in western Sydney with both moving & highly surprising results.
As You Dreamt It
