Directing · age 53

Jimmy Chin

Best rated: The Rescue (8.3)

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.67
Peak run: 2015’23
7+ run: 6 films

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.67
Peak run: 2015’23
7+ run: 6 films

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The career

Jimmy Chin, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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201510 films2026

Current formLast 5: 7.66 vs career 7.67 (−0.01)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Jimmy by the numbers

Average

7.67

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.69

bigger films count more

Median

7.6

half are better

Consistency

±0.46

rating spread

Career

12y

2015 to 2026

Total votes

190K

across every film

Best

8.3

The Rescue

Worst

7.1

Nyad

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2026	Everest: The Other Side	·	53
2025	Love+War	·	531
2024	Endurance	7.5	2,254
2024	Lost in the Jungle	·	744
2023	Wild Life	·	894
2023	Nyad	7.1	45,532
2022	Return to Space	7.3	6,216
2021	The Rescue	8.3	24,076
2018	Free Solo	8.1	88,926
2015	Meru	7.7	20,955

Better together?

Jimmy Chin's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Jimmy Chin

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2019
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
Won

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