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JON KRAKAUER Jon Krakauer (born 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer (he climbed Mount Everest in 1996). He is the author of best-selling non-fiction and/or investigative books (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air…) as well as numerous magazine articles (for Outside magazine, National Geographic, Rolling Stone…). BOOKS Eiger Dream (1990) Into the Wild (1996) Into Thin Air (1997) Under the Banner of Heaven (2003) Where Men Win Glory (2009) Three Cups of Deceit (2011) Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (2015) Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk (2019) MOVIES/ADAPTATIONS Into the Wild (by Sean Penn - 2007) Damned to Heaven (Thomas Elliott & Pawel Gula - 2008) Everest (by Baltasar Kormákur – 2015 - uncredited) SEAN PENN Sean Justin Penn (born 1960) is an American actor, film director and politician. He began his acting career in television (at the age of 14) before moving to the big screen. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 and 2008 (for Mystic River and Milk). He has directed 5 movies between 1991 and 2016. He is also known for his political and social activism, and is Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti since 2012. MOVIES (as director) The Indian Runner (1991) The Crossing Guard (1995) The Pledge (2001) Into the Wild (2007) The Last Face (2016) Flag Day (2021) SELECTED MOVIES (as actor) Colors (Dennis Hopper - 1988) Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma - 1993) Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins - 1995) She’s so Lovely (Nick Cassavetes -1997) U-Turn (Oliver Stone - 1997) The Game (David Fincher - 1997) The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick - 1998) Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen - 1999) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze - 1999) I am Sam (Jessie Neslon - 2001) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood - 2003) 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu - 2003) Milk (Gus Van Sant - 2008) The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick - 2011) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller - 2013)

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JON KRAKAUER Jon Krakauer (born 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer (he climbed Mount Everest in 1996). He is the author of best-selling non-fiction and/or investigative books (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air…) as well as numerous magazine articles (for Outside magazine, National Geographic, Rolling Stone…).

BOOKS Eiger Dream (1990) Into the Wild (1996) Into Thin Air (1997) Under the Banner of Heaven (2003) Where Men Win Glory (2009) Three Cups of Deceit (2011) Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (2015) Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk (2019)

MOVIES/ADAPTATIONS Into the Wild (by Sean Penn - 2007) Damned to Heaven (Thomas Elliott & Pawel Gula - 2008) Everest (by Baltasar Kormákur – 2015 - uncredited)

SEAN PENN

Sean Justin Penn (born 1960) is an American actor, film director and politician. He began his acting career in television (at the age of 14) before moving to the big screen. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 and 2008 (for Mystic River and Milk).

He has directed 5 movies between 1991 and 2016.

He is also known for his political and social activism, and is Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti since 2012. MOVIES (as director) The Indian Runner (1991) The Crossing Guard (1995) The Pledge (2001) Into the Wild (2007) The Last Face (2016) Flag Day (2021) SELECTED MOVIES (as actor) Colors (Dennis Hopper - 1988) Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma - 1993) Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins - 1995)

She’s so Lovely (Nick Cassavetes -1997) U-Turn (Oliver Stone - 1997) The Game (David Fincher - 1997) The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick - 1998) Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen - 1999) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze - 1999) I am Sam (Jessie Neslon - 2001) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood - 2003) 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu - 2003) Milk (Gus Van Sant - 2008) The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick - 2011) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller - 2013)