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Published October 16, 2026 11:24AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 1953, Tenzing Norgay, alongside mountaineer Edmund Hillary, made the first ascent of Mount Everest. Usually, the names are reversed, but Tenzing<\/i>\u2014Apple TV+\u2019s new feature film about the first summit of the world\u2019s highest mountain\u2014takes this historic mountaineering figure out of the shadow and into the foreground. Both men stood on the 29,032-foot peak together, but Tenzing, a highly experienced Nepali-Indian Sherpa who spent two decades pioneering Himalayan routes, had not been the main focus of this moment in mountaineering history until now.<\/p>\n

The first ascent of Everest has often been told as a story of British achievement, as it was funded by the Royal Geographical Society, without much focus on the Himalayan climber\u2019s role and his little-known origin story. The film\u2019s director Jennifer Peedom first traveled to Everest more than 20 years ago and said in her director\u2019s statement she\u00a0left changed by the people who work in its shadow. Her 2015 documentary Sherpa<\/i> focuses on the lives of Himalayan guides and the human side of mountaineering around Mount Everest.<\/p>\n

Now Tenzing<\/i>, her first feature film, shifts the focus to Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), who made history alongside Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) in an authentic, visceral film that rejected green screens and studio sets. Instead, the crew shot in sub-zero alpine conditions across Nepal and New Zealand, capturing visceral climbing footage on real glaciers, rock walls, and crevasses. The production across these two countries ultimately connects Tenzing\u2019s heritage in Nepal with Hillary\u2019s national significance in New Zealand where he was from.<\/p>\n

We sat down with Tenzing\u2019s<\/i> cinematographer, Stefan Duscio, to find out what it was like to recreate the historic first summit of Mount Everest, filming in extreme environments.<\/p>\n

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Filming Locations at a Glance\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n