Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1979-01-01 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
USA
Also known As
Элизабет Чай Васархели
E. Chai Vasarhelyi
Chai Vasarhelyi
엘리자베스 차이 베사헬리
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Biography
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 college professor. Her father is a Hungarian-born Brazilian and her mother is from Hong Kon...
Acting
2003
as Narrator
Production
2022
as Director
2008
as Director
2022
as Producer
2013
as Director
2008
as Producer
2008
as Writer
2021
as Producer
2018
as Director
2015
as Editor
2015
as Director
2003
as Director
2015
as Director
2023
as Director
2003
as Editor
2003
as Producer
2003
as Cinematography
2003
as Writer
2023
as Producer
2023
as Director
2018
as Director
2018
as Producer
2015
as Producer
2021
as Director
2024
as Director
2024
as Producer
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as Director
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as Producer
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as Executive Producer
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