Torn

National Geographic Documentary Films Partners With Director Max Lowe, Producer Chris Murphy and Award- Winning Producers Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox on New Feature Documentary, Torn (Wt)

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jan. 27, 2020) On the heels of an Academy Award® nomination for the critically acclaimed film The Cave, National Geographic Documentary Films announced today a new feature documentary, Torn (wt), in partnership with Lightbox, the studio co-founded by Academy Award®- and Emmy®-winning producer Simon Chinn and Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy®-winning producer Jonathan Chinn. Chris Murphy is also producing, and the director is photographer and National Geographic Explorer Max Lowe. The film will turn the lens on Lowe’s family as the body of his father, legendary climber Alex Lowe, is uncovered 17 years after his death in an avalanche on the Himalayan peak, Mount Shishapangma. On Oct. 5, 1999, Alex was tragically lost alongside cameraman and fellow climber David Bridges in a deadly avalanche on the slopes of the Tibetan mountain, Shishapangma. Miraculously surviving the avalanche was Alex’s best friend and climbing partner, renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker. After th