
Michael Brown
Writing
Biography
Michael Brown is an adventure filmmaker and director of photography, best known for documenting blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's historic ascent to the Mount Everest on May 25, 2001, resulting in the film "Farther Than the Eye Can See". He is president of his own production company, Serac Adventure Films, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Known For

Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
Blindsight

Erik is totally blind and is solo kayaking the length of the Grand Canyon. In Lava Falls, a large dangerous rapid, he discovers that despite what people might say, barriers can be real and they hurt .. a lot.
The Weight of Water

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and the editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb.
The Alps - Climb of Your Life
Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiters as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history.
High Ground
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with four other remarkable milestones on the mountain. Time magazine called this the most successful Everest expedition of all time.
Farther Than the Eye Can See

Bouldering in the Cederberg, South Africa
Diamonds in the Rough

What happens when you take a group of young adult cancer fighters and survivors and put them on the river or rock for a week with an organization designed to help them paddle and climb beyond their diagnosis, defy their cancer, reclaim their lives, and connect with others doing the same? Epic Magic This film is their story. The young adults featured in this film could be your next door neighbor, the person sitting next to you in your 8 AM intro to Bio Lecture at college, or quite possibly, maybe the are even you.