‘Tenzing’ Director Jennifer Peedom Scaled Great Heights With The Pioneering Sherpa At Her Side – Contenders L.A.
Deadline reports on an awards-season interview with Jennifer Peedom, director of Tenzing, a film about Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest alongside Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. Deadline describes Norgay as too often forgotten compared with the more credited Hillary. It likens Peedom's effort to bring his story to the screen to scaling a mountain, saying she had a vital assist from Norgay himself. The piece is part of Deadline's Contenders L.A. coverage.
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‘Tenzing’ Director Jennifer Peedom Scaled Great Heights With The Pioneering Sherpa At Her Side – Contenders L.A.
Tenzing director Jennifer Peedom’s journey to bring the story of Tenzing Norgay, the too-often-forgotten Sherpa who scaled Mount Everest alongside the more credited Sir Edmund Hillary, was akin to scaling an epic mountain in its own right. And like the original 1953 feat, she achieved it with a vital assist from Norgay himself. “My career […]
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