Chris Hegedus

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-04-22 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

USA

Chris Hegedus

Biography

Chris Hegedus (born April 23, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker. She and her husband, filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, founded the company Pennebaker Hegedus Films. Hegedus was nominated for an Academy Award for The War Room, a behind-the-scenes film about President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. The film also won the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures prize for Best Documentary. In 2001, she was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Startup.com. The film is a boom-bust story of two young internet entrepreneurs, co-produced with Jehane Noujaim. Hegedus was also the recipient of C...

Acting

2018

Production

1987

1987

1993

The War Room

as Director

1993

The War Room

as Editor

2001

Startup.com

as Director

2009

Kings of Pastry

as Director

1981

DeLorean

as Producer

1970

Alice Cooper

as Director

1997

1979

Town Bloody Hall

as Director

2001

Startup.com

as Editor

2006

Al Franken: God Spoke

as Camera Operator

1989

Depeche Mode 101

as Director

2006

1971

Sweet Toronto

as Editor

2016

1989

2022

1977

Energy War

as Director

1994

Woodstock Diary

as Director

2016

2016

Unlocking the Cage

as Director of Photography

2007

Addiction

as Director

2001

2001

Down from the Mountain

as Director of Photography

1981

DeLorean

as Executive Producer

2020

Meat the Future

as Executive Producer

1979

2001

Startup.com

as Producer

2002

Only the Strong Survive

as Camera Operator

1983

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

as Director of Photography

1989

Depeche Mode 101

as Camera Operator

1983

Born in Flames

as Camera Operator

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