Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Jan 01 1979
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an American documentary filmmaker. She was the director, along with her husband, Jimmy Chin, for the film Free Solo, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film profiled Alex Honnold and his free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. Their first scripted film venture was Nyad, a biopic chronicling Diana Nyad's quest to be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. Vasarhelyi grew up in New York City, and is the daughter of Marina Vasarhelyi, a college administrator, and Miklós Vásárhelyi, a c…
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The Oscars
Self
Angel City
Production
NYAD
Directing
Free Solo
Directing
Photographer
Directing
Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin
Production
The Rescue
Production
Love+War
Directing
Endurance
Directing
Meru
Directing
Return to Space
Directing
Lost in the Jungle
Directing
Bartali
Directing
Wild Life
Directing
Touba
Directing
The Lake
Production
Enhanced
Directing
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Directing
Incorruptible
Directing
Into The Unknown
Creator
From the Edge
Directing
What if He Falls?
Directing
A Normal Life
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