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 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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Nancy Buirski and D. A. Pennebaker will be celebrated with the 2024 Full Fram... -
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Film Academy Unveils Newly Elected Board of Governors, Including Documentaria... -
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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 Tue Oct 20, 2020, 7:00 am
Episode 211 – Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s The War Room - CriterionCast -
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 Thu Oct 10, 2019, 4:14 pm
TOWN BLOODY HALL - DOC NYC -
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KINGS OF PASTRY (2009) - DOC NYC -
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D.A. Pennebaker, RIP: 5 Films That Defined the Documentary Legend’s Career - ... -
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 - dazeddigital.com -
Posted on Fri Aug 19, 2016, 7:00 am
Unlocking the Cage's D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus keep it going with cur... -
Posted on Sun Dec 20, 2015, 5:01 am
The War Room (1993) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, History - IMDb
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FiReFilms: Films Changing the World
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