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Mick Conefrey

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

BANFF/TRENTO FILM FESTIVAL

THE GHOST OF K2
UK 2001, 50', col., video
Director: Mick Conefrey
Script: Mick Conefrey
Cameraman: Richard Adami, Keith Partridge
Editing: John McAvoy
Music: Julian Swayles
Production: BBC TV
Distribution: Granada International

Third and last episode of the series The Mountain Man, this is the story of Fritz Wiessener and Charley Houston, two great climbers who tried to get to the top of K2, the second highest mountain in the world. In 1939 Wiessener almost made it, but his expedition ended in bitter controversy. Fourteen years later, Charley Houston made his second attempt on the mountain. It ended in tragedy but it is an amazing story of courage and camaraderie.

DIRECTOR
Born in 1963, Mick Conefrey is a documentaries freelance director living between London and Bologna. Since from the beginning of his career has worked at BBC studios. Among his documentaries there are: Think of England (1991), Dancing in the Streets (1995), Icemen (3 episodes, 1998), and The Mountain Man (2001), including The Ghost of K2.