Produced for OnX Maps
OnX - "Find Your Summit"
Vasu Sojitra and Pete McAfee become the first adaptive athletes to ski Denali
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Erich R.
Jackson, WY, USA
$1500 - $2700 / Day
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Erich Roepke is a professional director, cinematographer and mountaineer. Erich blends his filmmaking and expedition experience to create truly unique coverage. Roepke's filmmaking education began assisting National Geographic Photographers and filmmakers, Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen. After a few years filming and developing content strategy with their nonprofit, SeaLegacy, Erich set out for a career as a Freelance Cinematographer. Erich's career has brought him from Antarctica, to Mount Everest, to the North Pole. He later spent nearly two years as a Camera Operator for BBC Studios "Life Below Zero", featured on National Geographic Channel. The crew was awarded the Emmy for "Best Cinematography for a Reality TV Program" multiple times during his time there. Erich has shot several expedition short films from Roam’s “The Line” on Mt. Everest and “The Big One” on Denali. Roepke has also directed and produced several of his own films (Full Circle, Ring of Fire and Denali Dreams) which have been featured in Warren Miller films and on Outside TV. Most recently Erich was a partner alongside Keith Ladzinski and Tommy Joyce at Triage Creative, a full service digital media production firm, where he served as their Executive Director and Director of Photography. Erich's clients have included Canon Cameras, Outside TV, Warren Miller Entertainment, Adidas, Fossil Timepieces, BBC Studios, National Geographic... and many more. Erich is a certified Wilderness First Responder with more than a thousand days of expedition experience and has his Part 107 Drone License.
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Produced for Triage Creative
Behind The Scenes with Keith Ladzinski and the EOS R5 C
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Explorer of Light, Keith Ladzinski, as he tests the versatile EOS R5 C to get the best of both worlds. With Cinema EOS video capabilities and EOS R system photo performance, the EOS R5 C is built without compromise. Sample videos and images captured using a pre-production version of the EOS R5 C.
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Produced for Skeleton Key Agency
Full Circle
Last winter, our favorite 111 ambassadors, Stein, Erich, Thor and Rafael, followed in the footsteps of their idol, Jeff Johnson, and attempted to summit and ski down Corcovado in Chile. Their short film follows the friends as they navigate trials and tribulations of extreme mountaineering in pursuit of spectacularly unrivaled views and the downhill ski of a lifetime.
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Produced for Roam Media
The Line - A New Route on Mt. Everest
‘The Line’ Episode 1 features alpinist and Nat Geo photographer Cory Richards as he prepares to tackle a new route on Everest. It dives deep into who Cory is and what led to him to setting this daring and dangerous goal for himself. In ‘The Line’ series, we look at the training, psychology, and routines associated with the goal of creating a new line on the world’s tallest peak. We also look at Cory’s outlook on life and how he is using climbing as a platform to talk about mental health. “When you’re riding the line between life and death, the clarity is tack sharp,” Cory says.
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Produced for Roam Media
The Big One - Denali
In ROAM’s newest original, “The Big One,” professional surfer Ian Walsh joins a team of Professional Snowboarders including Danny Davis, Nick Russell, Forrest Shearer, Harry Kearney, Jerry Mark, and Clark Henarie as they attempt to summit and ride down Denali, something none of them have done before. Danny Davis, widely recognized as one of the most influential snowboarders of his time, makes him the perfect companion for the trip. With a life dedicated to moving through the mountains, Nick Russell is all about riding in the backcountry to seldom-visited lines. And at the forefront of self-powered backcountry freeriding and splitboard adventures is Forrest Shearer. Together the team relies upon shared knowledge, bringing surf and snowboard culture to the top of North America’s tallest peak.
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Produced for Warren Miller Entertainment
Warren Miller - Winter Starts Now - Denali Segment
Vasu Sojitra and Pete McAfee are not the first adaptive athletes to climb Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, but on June 30, 2021, they claimed the first disabled descent on skis. With a four-man film crew and 1,000 pounds of gear between the six of them, including both athletes with amputated right legs, the team slogged 150- to 200-pound sleds up the 13,000-foot West Rib route. They endured heavy, wet snow with temperatures as low as -30°F, and summited in whiteout conditions with a narrow weather window.
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