Thought Leader Profile
Chris Hegedus
Film Director, Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Chris Hegedus has been directing, shooting, and editing documentaries for over 40 years. She received the prestigious Directors Guild Award for Startup.com, chronicling the first internet boom and bust. Along with D.A. Pennebaker, she directed the 1992 Clinton campaign film The War Room, nominated for an Academy Award®. Other films include Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Emmy Awards), The Energy War series, Town Bloody Hall, Delorean, Moon over Broadway, Depeche Mode 101, Down from the Mountain, Only the Strong Survive, Al Franken: God Spoke, Kings of Pastry, and recently HBO's Unlocking the Cage, which was broadcast internationally and theatrically distributed in the US and Canada.
Hegedus' career awards include the International Documentary Association, Doc NYC, Critics Choice, Yale University, and the Golden Eagle CINE.
Speaker at FiRe 2016 and 2019
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NXT Rockumentary Film Series: Depeche Mode 101 (1989) - Brattleboro Reformer -
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Acclaimed Documentarian Rory Kennedy to receive The Pennebaker Award presente... -
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Memorial Day Weekend at Sag Harbor Cinema - 27 East -
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Meet The Sweet Kings Of The Kitchen - 27 East -
Posted on Mon Oct 18, 2021, 7:50 pm
Pennebaker/Hegedus Retrospective Continues With Film On Sondheim’s 'Company' ... -
Posted on Mon Sep 27, 2021, 7:00 am
Former GDIT Exec Chris Hegedus Named Senior Executive Adviser at Booz Allen -... -
Posted on Tue May 25, 2021, 7:00 am
Looking Back At D.A. Pennebaker On Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday - 27 East -
Posted on Sun Oct 18, 2020, 7:00 am
Film Review: “Town Bloody Hall” — Rip-Roaring Feminist Cross Fire - The Arts ... -
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Posted on Wed Nov 27, 2019, 8:00 am
Chris Hegedus on Her Partnership With D.A. Pennebaker - Variety -
Posted on Thu Nov 21, 2019, 8:00 am
DA Pennebaker, Trailblazing Filmmaker, Honored At Hamptons Doc Fest - 27 East -
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DA Pennebaker: A Community Remembers - International Documentary Association -
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D.A. Pennebaker, RIP: 5 Films That Defined the Documentary Legend’s Career - ... -
Posted on Fri Dec 9, 2016, 8:00 am
D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus on Kings of Pastry - TIFF -
Posted on Thu Nov 24, 2016, 4:58 am
Flaherty Seminar 60th Anniversary Program: D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus... -
Posted on Mon Nov 21, 2016, 8:00 am
IDA Conversation Series: Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker - International Do... -
Posted on Tue Oct 18, 2016, 7:00 am
DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus unpack Don’t Look Back - dazeddigital.com -
Posted on Sat Aug 27, 2016, 7:00 am
Capturing the Truth by Standing Back and Watching - The Vineyard Gazette -
Posted on Wed Aug 17, 2016, 7:00 am
Review: ‘Unlocking the Cage,’ a documentary by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Penneba... -
Posted on Tue May 24, 2016, 7:00 am
Review: In ‘Unlocking the Cage,’ a Struggle to Raise the Legal Status of Chim...
FiRe 2019 Media
FiReFilms: Films Changing the World
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SNS FiReFilms: Documentaries That Change the World: Meet the Directors
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