Biography
Wallace George Lowe was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1924. As a young man, he spent his holidays working as an assistant mountaineering guide in the Southern Alps. Here, he befriended famed New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary. Lowe joined Hillary on many mountaineering trips through the 1950s and was part of the team that helped Hillary climb Mt. Everest in 1953. Having a side interest in film and photography, Lowe directed a documentary of the 1953 trip entitled The Conquest of Everest. From 1955 to 1958, he was involved with the Commonwealth Antarctic Exhibition and worked on another documentary: The Crossing of Antarctica. In 1962, Lowe settled in the UK and became a school inspector, retiring in 1984. He died in 2013.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 10
self 3
Director 1
The Race for Everest (2003)
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth (1976)
Antarctic Crossing (1958)
Paper Run (1956)
Mountain Spring: The Flinders Range (1956)
The Conquest of Everest (1953)
One Man's War (1952)
The Invisible Link (1951)
By Design (1950)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1924-01-15
Deathday2013-03-20 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceHastings, New Zealand
CitizenshipsNew Zealand
Also Known AsWallace George Lowe
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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