A Journey and Not a Race
Eight-time Emmy recipient Michael Graber ’74 became a cinematographer by pursuing his passion for mountain climbing. After graduating from Claremont McKenna College with a degree in Philosophy, he moved to eastern Sierra Nevada to join the ranks of climbing and skiing adventurers who made their living in the mountains. Winters were spent teaching skiing at Mammoth Mountain and summers guiding for the Palisades School of Mountaineering, which operated out of Big Pine, California. His illustrious climbing career has encompassed expeditions to remote mountain ranges around the world including the Alaskan Range, the Andes, the Himalayas, Greenland, the jungles of the Amazon and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Graber has worked on a number of award-winning television documentaries, netting eight national Emmy’s along the way. Graber ‘s credits also include feature films (Dust To Glory (2005), 007 — Die Another Day (2002), Endless Summer 2 (1994), Crimson Tide (1995), Twister (01996), Almost Heroes (1998)) and 70mm IMAX films (Storm Chasers (2011), Amazon (1997), Wild California (2000), Shackleton (2002)). He currently splits his time between Capistrano Beach and Bishop.
Michael Graber is the keynote speaker for CMC's Second Annual Green Careers Conference sponsored by the Roberts Environmental Center in partnership with Student impACT.
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