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Q+A with Mike Dillon

ike Dillon is a prolific adventure filmmaker. For nearly 50 years, he’s documented inspiring, brave, epic, crazy, and simply out-there journeys from around the planet. He filmed the first Australian ascent of Everest in 1984. A few years later he went back with Tim Macartney-Snape to document his Sea to Summit expedition. He filmed sections of Tim Cope’s epic journey from Mongolia to Hungary. He’s documented the world’s highest formal dinner party in the Andes, ballooning expeditions to Everest, and base jumping record attempts. His latest project about to hit screens in Australia is , which draws on editor James McCormack asks him about his art, his adventurous life, and what he’s learned along the way.

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