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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News for Chris Hegedus
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Posted on Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:30 pm
Kelly Caccetta Announces Retirement as President and CEO of CSSI, LLC; Chris ... -
Posted on Wed Feb 18, 2026, 8:00 am
Kelly Caccetta Announces Retirement as President and CEO of CSSI, LLC; Chris ... -
Posted on Tue Oct 29, 2024, 7:00 am
Acclaimed Documentarian Rory Kennedy to receive The Pennebaker Award presente... -
Posted on Mon Mar 18, 2024, 10:46 pm
Town Bloody Hall - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival -
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.com -
Posted on Thu Nov 21, 2019, 8:00 am
DA Pennebaker, Trailblazing Filmmaker, Honored At Hamptons Doc Fest - 27east -
Posted on Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:53 pm
Startup.Com movie review & film summary review: - Roger Ebert -
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 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
Animal Liberation: Unlocking the Cage - BKMAG -
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 Dec 20, 2015, 5:01 am
The War Room (1993) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary, History - IMDb -
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 -
Posted on Fri Oct 10, 2014, 7:00 am
DOC NYC To Honor Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus with Lifetim...
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FiReFilms: Films Changing the World
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