Reel Rock: Death of Villains
2025 | Coast Film & Music Festival
Duration: 37 min
Synopisis
A former child climbing-prodigy confronts his struggle with disordered eating to attempt his life-long dream of climbing a groundbreaking 5.15 first ascent, with the help of an unlikely and controversial partner.
Featured at Coast Film & Music Festival 2025
Production Team
Nick Rosen
Nick Rosen is a partner, writer, and producer at Reel Rock. He is co-director of the acclaimed feature-length documentaries The Alpinist and Valley Uprising. Nick began working as a writer/producer/director with Reel Rock in 2005, and since then has created feature films and TV programs for NBC, The Weather Channel, National Geographic Channels International and The New York Times Online.
Gareth "Gaz" Leah
Gareth "Gaz" Leah is a worldly adventurer, passionate writer, filmmaker, and rock climber living between the USA and Mexico. British born and raised, he juggles his life between the granite rich mountains of Boulder, CO and the virgin limestone of Monterrey, Mexico. When he's not training in the gym, he can be found chugging copious amounts of coffee and searching for the next big adventure.