Mike Hoover

Mike Hoover is an American mountaineer, rock climber and cinematographer. He first became known for an Academy Award nominated documentary short, Solo, of him climbing El Capitan as a lone climber. His first major involvement in commercial film was in The Eiger Sanction (1975) in which he taught Clint Eastwood how to climb in the Yosemite valley before the film was shot in Grindelwald, Switzerland in 1974.[1][2] He has since been a cinematographer for the documentaries To the Ends of the Earth (1983), To the Limit (1989), The Endless Summer 2 (1994) and Zion Canyon: Treasure of the Gods. In the late 1980s, he made 18 trips to Afghanistan to shoot footage of the bloody war in the country.[3] The footage was later featured in a program named The Battle for Afghanistan (1987). Hoover, who has been in charge of various film teams, has filmed all across the world,[4] particularly physically and politically difficult filming locations, from the precarious rock faces of the Eiger, to filming Everest and K2,[5] to canoeing in the Venezuelan jungle.[4]

In 1994, Hoover was the sole survivor in a helicopter crash that killed his wife Beverly Johnson, the pilot, and Disney president Frank G. Wells.[6] Hoover later sued the helicopter manufacturer and reached an out of court settlement due to a fault with the engine design relating to snow ingestion. The legal case was a finalist for the Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award by the American Association for Justice.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Schickel, p. 314
  2. ↑ McGilligan, p. 244
  3. ↑ Cates, Jo A. (2004). Journalism: a guide to the reference literature. Libraries Unlimited. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-59158-061-4. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 Active Interest Media, Inc. (July 1986). Backpacker. Active Interest Media, Inc. p. 36. ISSN 0277-867X. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Waterman, Jonathan (1 September 1993). Cloud dancers: portraits of North American mountaineers. The Mountaineers Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-930410-54-4. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Disney President Wells Killed in Copter Crash : Accident: Executive was among three who died on Nevada skiing trip. He is credited with helping firm achieve new prosperity. - Los Angeles Times". articles.latimes.com. 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Aviation Crashes | Robert P. Schuster". bobschuster.com. 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

Bibliography

  • McGilligan, Patrick (1999). Clint: The Life and Legend. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-638354-8.
  • Schickel, Richard (1996). Clint Eastwood: A Biography. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-42974-6.


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