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 Wed Feb 26, 2025, 8:00 am
After-hours With the Oscars Class of 2025 - Vulture -
Posted on Tue Jan 14, 2025, 8:00 am
Hamptons Doc Fest Screens in Sag Harbor - Dan’s Papers -
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Acclaimed Documentarian Rory Kennedy to receive The Pennebaker Award presente... -
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Documentary ‘Unlocking the Cage’ claims chimpanzees are persons too - LAist -
Posted on Wed Jun 22, 2022, 7:00 am
Film Academy Unveils Newly Elected Board of Governors, Including Documentaria... -
Posted on Mon Feb 14, 2022, 8:00 am
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 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 - 27 East -
Posted on Sat Aug 3, 2019, 7:00 am
D.A. Pennebaker, RIP: 5 Films That Defined the Documentary Legend’s Career - ... -
Posted on Wed May 1, 2019, 7:00 am
Tribeca 2019: Filmmaker Chris Hegedus Talks ‘Framing John DeLorean’ - Blackfi... -
Posted on Tue Oct 9, 2018, 7:00 am
THE WAR ROOM (1993) - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -
Posted on Fri Dec 9, 2016, 8:00 am
D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus on Kings of Pastry - TIFF - Toronto Interna... -
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 - Dazed -
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... -
Posted on Mon May 23, 2016, 7:00 am
We Respond: D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus on “Unlocking the Cage” - Roger E... -
Posted on Mon May 23, 2016, 7:00 am
Animal Liberation: Unlocking the Cage - BKMAG
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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