UPHILL CLIMB / DISCOVERY+

UPHILL CLIMB

The Women Who Conquered the Impossible Race

Director: Jill Yesko

Producer: Ally Davis

DOP: Justin Wood

Channel: Discovery + (1 x 60min)

Uphill Climb tells the story about the courageous women who defied those who said women could never finish the Tour de France.

This is the story of the pioneering female athletes who faced enormous obstacles, dug deep, and gave it their all for a chance to compete in the world’s toughest race. Learn why it started, stopped and is now back after 33+ years.

About

I was contracted to shoot interviews in South London for this feature length documentary, this then led to being asked to shoot the bulk of the production on a trip across France. We followed several legs of the Womens Tour de France, following the women who are cycling the race today and interviewing those who raced in the original Tour de France Femmes. On this shoot across France I was part of a 4 person team with the shoot crew being myself and a camera assistant. My roles included:

– DOP / Lighting Camera Op

– Sound

– Aerial fiming

– Gimbal operation

– DIT

– Orgainsing carnes / Travel

Trailer in production, see stills from my work on the project below: