Reinhold Messner
Actor · Idea · Director · Second Unit Director of Photography
Born Sep 17, 1944 · Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Active 1979–present · Awards: Patron’s Medal, Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, Romy, Courage Award, Lifetime Piolet d'Or, Bambi Award, Bancarella Sport Prize, Silver Olympic Order
Reinhold Messner, born September 17, 1944 in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol, is a German-speaking Italian mountaineer, considered by many to be one of the best of the 20th century.
Filmography
K2 - La grande controversia — DirectorThe Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985) — Second Unit Director of PhotographyScream of Stone (1991) — IdeaWalter Bonatti, King of the Alps (2012) — Reinhold MessnerReinhold Messner - Il quindicesimo 8000 (2013)Still Alive - Dramma Sul Monte Kenya (2016)Mythos Cerro Torre: Reinhold Messner auf Spurensuche (2019) — Director · WriterBergwelten (2012) — DirectorSul Tetto del Mondo - Walter Bonatti e Rossana Podestà (2021)Everest Unmasked (1979) — Director of PhotographyNanga Parbat - Mein Schlüsselberg (2021) — DirectorLhotse - l'anno nero del serpente (1990)Viktor & I: An Alexander Vesely Film — Reinhold MessnerThe Dream Line (2014) — Reinhold MessnerThe Holy Mountain (2018)Peter Habeler: ... ich will die Welt von oben sehen (2017)Die große Zinne - 150 Jahre Kletterkunst (2020) — DirectorIl Cervino. La montagna perfettaBergheimat (2009)Meine Achttausender – Reinhold Messner (2020) — BookStill Alive – The Drama on Mount Kenya (2025) — DirectorMount Everest – The Last Step (2018) — Director · WriterThrough the Homeland of Ice and Storms (1990) — Director of Photography