Kurt DIEMBERGER is the only living person who has made the historical first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 meters among the 14 Eight Thousanders. He has made a number of movies and worked on several film projects including his career in the American Everest Expedition in 1981 joining as a cinematographer, which led him to be the world-renowned professional cinematographer on high-mountain filming area and gave him the honor of being called “the Filmmaker of the 8000s” which means the cinematographer on the highest mountains.

Kurt DIEMBERGER has also been honored with various prizes including the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 and the Grand Prize at the 2018 International Alliance for Mountain Film. Among a total of 33 films he produced throughout his film career, two were screened in the 4th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival. Those were K2 - Mountain of Dreams and Destiny and Mountain of Crystal. He is still active in international mountain film festivals and mountain forums giving speeches and introducing films. His presence in the previous Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival is still remembered by many international mountaineers and thus has been making a huge contribution to the promotion of the Festival.