Biography
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an American documentary filmmaker. She was the director, along with her husband, Jimmy Chin, for the film Free Solo, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film profiled Alex Honnold and his free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. Their first scripted film venture was Nyad, a biopic chronicling Diana Nyad's quest to be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Vasarhelyi grew up in New York City, and is the daughter of Marina Vasarhelyi, a college , and Miklós Vásárhelyi, a college professor. Her father is a Hungarian-born Brazilian and her mother is from Hong Kong. Vasarhelyi is a graduate of The Brearley School. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 15
Producer 14
TV Shows 7
Director 5
self 2
Creator 1
Endurance (2024)
Photographer (2024)
NYAD (2023)
Angel City (2023)
Wild Life (2023)
Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)
Return to Space (2022)
The Rescue (2021)
Enhanced (2018)
What if He Falls? (2018)
Free Solo (2018)
Incorruptible (2015)
Meru (2015)
Touba (2013)
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008)
A Normal Life (2003)
The Oscars (1953)
Terminal
Bartali
Eruption
Into The Unknown
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1979-01-01 (46 years old)
Birth Place
New York City, United States
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Элизабет Чай Васархели, E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Chai Vasarhelyi, 엘리자베스 차이 베사헬리
Awards
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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