“Emotional…Powerful Stuff”: ‘Torn’ Director Max Lowe On Story Of His Mountaineer Father’s Death In An Avalanche, And What Came Next
Filmmaker Max Lowe was just a kid when his father, the mountaineer Alex Lowe, was killed in an avalanche while climbing in the Tibetan Himalayas. It was a private family tragedy, and yet a public story—Lowe’s death made headlines around the world because he was considered perhaps the greatest mountain climber of his time.