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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Director

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

1 Jan 1979Born
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19Credits
New York City, New York, USABirthplace

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 administrator, and Miklós Vásárhelyi, a college professor. Her father is a Hungarian-born Brazilian and her mother is from Hong Kong.

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Vasarhelyi is a graduate of The Brearley School. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBABartaliFilm: Director
  2. TBAInto The UnknownSeries: Creator
  3. 2026Everest: The Other SideFilm: Director, Writer
  4. 2025Love+WarFilm: Director
  5. 2025Lost in the JungleFilm: Director
  6. 2024EnduranceFilm: Director
  7. 2024PhotographerSeries: Director (1 episode)
  8. 2023NYADFilm: Director
  9. 2023Wild LifeFilm: Director
  10. 2022Return to SpaceFilm: Director
  11. 2021The RescueFilm: Director
  12. 2018EnhancedSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  13. 2018What if He Falls?Film: Director
  14. 2018Free SoloFilm: Director
  15. 2015IncorruptibleFilm: Director
  16. 2015MeruFilm: Director
  17. 2013ToubaFilm: Director
  18. 2008Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I LoveFilm: Director, Writer
  19. 2003A Normal LifeFilm: Narrator, Director, Writer

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