Renan Öztürk

Renan Ozturk (born April 7, 1980) is a German-born, American rock climber, free soloist, mountaineer, and visual artist, best known for his first ascent of the Shark's Fin route on Meru Peak in the Himalaya with Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker in 2011.

Return2Sender (2005)

Timmy O'Neill hosts a zany romp through the cutting edge of the vertical world. Includes multi-award winning segment Parallelojams, an expose on Indian Creek crack climbing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mortimer
CAST:  Biskit  •  Jim Donini  •  Cicada Jenerik  •  Timmy O'Neill

Timmy O'Neill hosts a zany romp through the cutting edge of the vertical world. Includes multi-award winning segment Parallelojams, an expose on Indian Creek crack climbing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mortimer
CAST:  Biskit  •  Jim Donini  •  Cicada Jenerik  •  Timmy O'Neill

Reel Rock 7 (2012)

The biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mind-bending action. Featuring Alex Honnold in Honnold 3.0, Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra in La Dura Dura, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk in Shark's Fin, The Wide Boyz, Sasha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rosen  •  Peter Mortimer  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Chris Alstrin  •  Paul Diffley  •  Anson Fogel  •  Josh Lowell  •  Alex Lowther  •  Renan Öztürk
CAST:  Alex Honnold  •  Chris Sharma  •  Adam Ondra  •  Conrad Anker

The biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mind-bending action. Featuring Alex Honnold in Honnold 3.0, Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra in La Dura Dura, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk in Shark's Fin, The Wide Boyz, Sasha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rosen  •  Peter Mortimer  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Chris Alstrin  •  Paul Diffley  •  Anson Fogel  •  Josh Lowell  •  Alex Lowther  •  Renan Öztürk
CAST:  Alex Honnold  •  Chris Sharma  •  Adam Ondra  •  Conrad Anker

Meru (2015)

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi  •  Jimmy Chin
CAST:  Conrad Anker  •  Grace Chin  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Jon Krakauer

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi  •  Jimmy Chin
CAST:  Conrad Anker  •  Grace Chin  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Jon Krakauer

The Sharp End (2007)

The Sharp End is an adrenaline-soaked journey up the world's most challenging walls: the French Alps, the Eiger, the Utah desert, the Diamond of Colorado, Indian Kashmir, Yosimite Granite, and the sandstone spires of the Czech Republic. Run-out routes, scary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rosen  •  Peter Mortimer
CAST:  Hank Caylor  •  Johnny Copp  •  Micah Dash  •  Alex Honnold

The Sharp End is an adrenaline-soaked journey up the world's most challenging walls: the French Alps, the Eiger, the Utah desert, the Diamond of Colorado, Indian Kashmir, Yosimite Granite, and the sandstone spires of the Czech Republic. Run-out routes, scary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rosen  •  Peter Mortimer
CAST:  Hank Caylor  •  Johnny Copp  •  Micah Dash  •  Alex Honnold

Denali’s Raven (2017)

For Leighan Falley, Alaska is more than home - it’s a calling. Leighan spent years as a ski guide and climber on the Alaskan range. But after becoming a mother, she quit guiding and took to the skies as a mountain pilot, bringing her daughter along for the ride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Freddie Wilkinson
CAST:  Leighan Falley

For Leighan Falley, Alaska is more than home - it’s a calling. Leighan spent years as a ski guide and climber on the Alaskan range. But after becoming a mother, she quit guiding and took to the skies as a mountain pilot, bringing her daughter along for the ride.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Freddie Wilkinson
CAST:  Leighan Falley

Ashes to Ashes (2019)

America has yet to heal from the trauma of its darkest era, and Winfred Rembert is living proof of that. Rembert, who lived on a plantation, joined the civil rights movement as a teen and was put to work on a chain gang, is a rare survivor of a lynching attempt. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees
CAST:  Winfred Rembert

America has yet to heal from the trauma of its darkest era, and Winfred Rembert is living proof of that. Rembert, who lived on a plantation, joined the civil rights movement as a teen and was put to work on a chain gang, is a rare survivor of a lynching attempt. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees
CAST:  Winfred Rembert

The Shark's Fin (2012)

Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk ascend Northern India's Meru Shark Fin, one of the last great unclimbed alpine rock walls in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Chin  •  Renan Öztürk
CAST:  Conrad Anker  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Renan Öztürk

Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk ascend Northern India's Meru Shark Fin, one of the last great unclimbed alpine rock walls in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Chin  •  Renan Öztürk
CAST:  Conrad Anker  •  Jimmy Chin  •  Renan Öztürk

Lost on Everest (2020)

Reaching 29,029 feet, Mount Everest has long captivated mountaineers of all stripes. But a peak that draws athletes and mountaineers to new heights isn’t without danger — or a dark side. Perhaps the peak’s greatest mystery is the missing body of Andrew “Sandy” ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Drew Pulley
CAST:  George Mallory  •  Andrew Irvine

Reaching 29,029 feet, Mount Everest has long captivated mountaineers of all stripes. But a peak that draws athletes and mountaineers to new heights isn’t without danger — or a dark side. Perhaps the peak’s greatest mystery is the missing body of Andrew “Sandy” ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Drew Pulley
CAST:  George Mallory  •  Andrew Irvine

Life Coach (2019)

Climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk makes the pilgrimage to the toothy and harsh landscape of Alaska’s Ruth Glacier every year. This time around, he and fellow climber Alex Honnold have their sights set on a beautiful route up Mount Dickey. But the weather is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk
CAST: 

Climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk makes the pilgrimage to the toothy and harsh landscape of Alaska’s Ruth Glacier every year. This time around, he and fellow climber Alex Honnold have their sights set on a beautiful route up Mount Dickey. But the weather is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk
CAST: 

The Ghosts Above (2020)

Photographer and filmmaker Renan Ozturk joins an expedition to solve the Mount Everest mystery of who reached the summit first. The film follows the intense expedition and the team's conflicting emotions as they push up Everest searching for the long lost body of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees  •  Jay Macmillan
CAST:  George Mallory  •  Andrew Irvine  •  Renan Öztürk

Photographer and filmmaker Renan Ozturk joins an expedition to solve the Mount Everest mystery of who reached the summit first. The film follows the intense expedition and the team's conflicting emotions as they push up Everest searching for the long lost body of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees  •  Jay Macmillan
CAST:  George Mallory  •  Andrew Irvine  •  Renan Öztürk

The Sanctity of Space (2022)

Seventy-five years after Brad Washburn, one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all time, first shot Alaska’s Denali Mountain from the open door of an airplane, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, and Zack Smith look at some of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Freddie Wilkinson
CAST:  Freddie Wilkinson  •  Renan Öztürk  •  Zack Smith

Seventy-five years after Brad Washburn, one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all time, first shot Alaska’s Denali Mountain from the open door of an airplane, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, and Zack Smith look at some of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Freddie Wilkinson
CAST:  Freddie Wilkinson  •  Renan Öztürk  •  Zack Smith

Explorer: The Last Tepui (2022)

Follows elite climber Alex Honnold and a world-class climbing team led by National Geographic Explorer and climber Mark Synnott on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle as they attempt a first-ascent climb up a 1000 foot sheer cliff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees
CAST:  Alex Honnold  •  Mark Synnott  •  Bruce Means  •  Michael Strahan

Follows elite climber Alex Honnold and a world-class climbing team led by National Geographic Explorer and climber Mark Synnott on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle as they attempt a first-ascent climb up a 1000 foot sheer cliff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Öztürk  •  Taylor Rees
CAST:  Alex Honnold  •  Mark Synnott  •  Bruce Means  •  Michael Strahan