Thought Leader Profile
Chris Hegedus
Film Director, Pennebaker Hegedus FilmsChris 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 3, 2024, 7:15 pm
Speakeasy Conversation: Remembering D. A. Pennebaker - Full Frame Documentary... -
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Town Bloody Hall - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival -
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Documentary 'Unlocking the Cage' claims chimpanzees are persons too - LAist -
Posted on Mon May 22, 2023, 7:00 am
Sag Harbor Cinema's Eclectic Weekend - East Hampton Star -
Posted on Mon Sep 27, 2021, 7:00 am
Former GDIT Exec Chris Hegedus Named Senior Executive Adviser at Booz Allen -... -
Posted on Wed Nov 27, 2019, 8:00 am
Chris Hegedus on Her Partnership With D.A. Pennebaker - Variety -
Posted on Mon Aug 5, 2019, 7:00 am
D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus: the Sight & Sound Interview - British Film... -
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