THE DARK WIZARD
Section: TV Premiere
Director/Writer: Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen
Logline: An unflinching portrait of Dean Potter, the world’s most influential and controversial climber, base jumper and highline walker, who achieves jaw-dropping feats while battling his inner demons.
Panelists: Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen
Premiered: March 15, 2026
Key Quote: ”We knew Dean Potter. We filmed with him. We climbed with him…Over the last 10 years, we’ve really been conceiving this project, and then we finally started working on it about three years ago and brought it all together. He’s kind of our generation, which I think people just had more complex relationships with mental health and you kind of kept that stuff bottled up and it may be expressed in some outrageous manifestations. I think Dean was just this fascinating, larger-than-life character who did some truly amazing things,” co-director Peter Mortimer told Deadline.
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