---
name: "Joe Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-simpson"
fi1m_id: "joe-simpson"
imdb_id: "nm1440698"
tmdb_id: 68538
wikidata_id: "Q680185"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 August 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-23T04:01:55.396643+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Simpson

## Identity

Joe Simpson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-simpson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-simpson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1440698
- **TMDB ID:** 68538
- **Wikidata ID:** Q680185
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simpson_(mountaineer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q680185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68538

Writer. Born 13 August 1960 in Kuala Lumpur.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 August 1960, Kuala Lumpur
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simpson_(mountaineer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q680185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68538

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Touching the Void*](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) (87)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joe Simpson is a British mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. Born on 13 August 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he began climbing while at school in Britain and went on to undertake expeditions in the Andes and elsewhere.

In 1985 Simpson and Simon Yates made the first ascent of the west face of Siula Grande in Peru. On the descent Simpson suffered a severe leg injury and survived a fall into a crevasse before crawling back to base camp. He recounted the events in his 1988 book *Touching the Void*, which was adapted into a 2003 documentary film in which he appears as himself. The book has been translated into more than twenty languages. A stage adaptation premiered in 2018.

Simpson has written further books on mountaineering and his experiences, and works as a motivational speaker. He has also contributed to other climbing documentaries, including *The Beckoning Silence* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Touching the Void* (2021), Writer
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Desk Sergeant — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *The Body Farm* (2011), series, as TSG Sergeant
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Author — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Gallery

- ![Joe Simpson](https://film.one/media/person/98307/gallery-d33ab9852c20.jpg) Joe Simpson — summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Joe_Simpson_-_2013.jpg/1280px-Joe_Simpson_-_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Commemorative star in the pavement outside Sheffield Town Hall: a "walk of fame" for people associated with the city. Joe Simpson, mountaineer. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/98307/gallery-d5fb549f75c4.jpg) Commemorative star in the pavement outside Sheffield Town Hall: a "walk of fame" for people associated with the city. Joe Simpson, mountaineer. (2017) — Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Sheffield_Legends_Joe_Simpson.jpg/1280px-Sheffield_Legends_Joe_Simpson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- NCR Book Award 1989: NCR Book Award (won), for *Touching the Void*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joe-simpson