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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Posted on Thu Jun 18, 2026, 7:00 am
RIP Nick Doob, Famed Emmy Winning Documentary Filmmaker and Cinematographer, ... -
Posted on Mon Feb 23, 2026, 8:00 am
A trio of CEO transitions and more leadership moves across the market - Washi... -
Posted on Thu Feb 19, 2026, 8:00 am
CSSI Appoints Chris Hegedus as CEO - citybiz -
Posted on Wed Jun 18, 2025, 7:00 am
THE ACADEMY ELECTS 2025-2026 BOARD OF GOVERNORS - Academy Press Office -
Posted on Mon Feb 14, 2022, 8:00 am
Meet The Sweet Kings Of The Kitchen - 27east -
Posted on Tue Oct 19, 2021, 7:00 am
Sag Harbor Cinema's Pennebaker/Hegedus Retrospective Continues with Original ... -
Posted on Mon Sep 27, 2021, 7:00 am
Former GDIT Exec Chris Hegedus Named Senior Executive Adviser at Booz Allen -... -
Posted on Thu Sep 3, 2020, 7:00 am
Town Bloody Hall - 4Columns -
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 - 27east -
Posted on Tue Aug 13, 2019, 7:00 am
DA Pennebaker: A Community Remembers - International Documentary Association -
Posted on Wed May 1, 2019, 7:00 am
Tribeca 2019: Filmmaker Chris Hegedus Talks ‘Framing John DeLorean’ - Blackfi... -
Posted on Sat May 5, 2018, 7:05 pm
Chris Hegedus’s Top 10 - The Criterion Collection -
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 Mon May 23, 2016, 7:00 am
We Respond: D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus on "Unlocking the Cage" - Roger E... -
Posted on Fri Mar 27, 2015, 7:00 am
Pennebaker & Hegedus Top 10 for #savedocs - DOC NYC -
Posted on Mon Oct 27, 2014, 7:00 am
Wanted: Home for a Prized Trove (Published 2014) - The New York Times
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