The Idaho Mountain Express reports that legendary ski filmmaker Dick Barrymore died at his Ketchum, Idaho, home Friday. Barrymore was 74. The cause, as reported by the Wood River Chapel, was brain cancer. Barrymore’s many ski films include Last of the Ski Bums (one of the only ski films to ever receive widespread commercial distribution), The Performers (based on K2’s famous ‘demonstration’ team) and Wild Skis.
The Idaho Mountain Express includes a funny quote Barrymore wrote for “Breaking Even,” his story of his life making ski films: “With a normal motion picture, you shoot a film about a story,” Barrymore wrote. “With a ski film, you make a story about the film you’ve shot.”
