«Filming in the outdoors presents great challenges to man and material but it is always worthwhile.»

Film

  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»
  • Backstage: Thomas Ulrich working for the film «North Wall»

Thomas Ulrich as a Cameraman

  • First camera experience as safety and mountain guide for the James Bond movie «Golden Eye» in Switzerland and in Greenland for the movie «Smilla’s Sense of Snow»
  • Active in film since 1999
  • Shootings for Swiss television on Mount Everest, on the Eiger and on the Matterhorn
  • Head of action cinematography for the movie «North Face» (watch trailer)
  • Trailer «»Nordwand
  • Fascinating documentaries of his own adventures and expeditions
  • Numerous awards, i.e. «The Golden Camera» in Graz for the adventure movie «Eiger North Face» about climbing the Eiger like the pioneers

Route Mescalito on El Capitan, Yosemite

Thomas Ulrich filmed big wall climbing of the Route Mescalito on El Capitan (producer and camera). The film won a prize from the Italian Olympic committee at the Trento Mountain and Adventure Film Festival and was in the finals at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada.

Eiger North Face Speed Record

Dani Arnold solo climbs the face on April 20, 2011 in 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Eiger North Face Retro Asccent

On August 17th and 18th, a rope party of two scaled the North Face with hobnailed boots and hemp ropes. They climbed the famous route on the face first ascended in 1938. A film team on behalf of Swiss television SF DRS and the German/French channel arte documented the climb. Read more...

Trailer of North Face

Thomas Ulrich was head of action cinematography for this movie

3 Filmclips of the Franz Josef Land Expedition

Begegnung mit dem Walross

Meeting a walrus

Leuchtpistolen mag der Eisbär nicht sonderlich...

Polar bears don’t like flare guns...

Børge Ousland steigt ins Eiswasser

Børge Ousland gets in ice-cold water

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