In reply to felt:
First draft of the acceptance speech should it win Best Director:
"...when i heard Alex Honnold was planning to solo Freerider, well needless to say I jumped at the chance to make the documentary, the, if you will, "rockumentary" that you're about to see. I wanted to capture the, the sights, the sounds, the smells, of a hard-working rock climber on the road. And I got that. But I got more, a lot more. But hey - enough of my yakkin'. Whaddaya say, let's boogie!"