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 Apr 22, 2026, 1:12 am
D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus Turn to Kickstarter for 'Unlocking the Cage... -
Posted on Wed Feb 18, 2026, 8:00 am
Kelly Caccetta Announces Retirement as President and CEO of CSSI, LLC; Chris ... -
Posted on Sat Sep 27, 2025, 7:00 am
Sag Harbor Home of Famed Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker Sells in Just One Week - B... -
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THE ACADEMY ELECTS 2025-2026 BOARD OF GOVERNORS - Academy Press Office -
Posted on Tue Oct 29, 2024, 7:00 am
Acclaimed Documentarian Rory Kennedy to receive The Pennebaker Award presente... -
Posted on Sat Mar 2, 2024, 2:26 pm
Documentary ‘Unlocking the Cage’ claims chimpanzees are persons too - LAist -
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 Tue Aug 13, 2019, 7:00 am
DA Pennebaker: A Community Remembers - International Documentary Association -
Posted on Sat May 5, 2018, 7:05 pm
Chris Hegedus’s Top 10 - The Criterion Collection -
Posted on Tue Jun 6, 2017, 7:00 am
New Haven Documentary Film Festival continues with tribute to collaborating f... -
Posted on Fri Dec 9, 2016, 8:00 am
D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus on Kings of Pastry - TIFF - Toronto Interna... -
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 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 Sun Nov 16, 2014, 8:00 am
Film Making Legends Capture Kings of Pastry - DOC NYC
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FiReFilms: Films Changing the World
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