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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 01/01/1979 (45) | USA (United States of America (USA))
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ( VAH-sə-REL-ee; born 1977 or 1978) 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. ()
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is a director and producer, known for Meru (2015), Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008) and Incorruptible (2015). She has been married to Jimmy Chin since May 26, 2013.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean. ...

NYAD

PG-13

2023 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Drama, History
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Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat ...

Free Solo

PG-13

2018 | 4.0/5 | 1h 40min
Documentary, Adventure
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Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible. ...

Meru

R

2015 | 3.7/5 | 1h 29min
Adventure, Documentary
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The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. ...

The Rescue

PG

2021 | 3.9/5 | 1h 54min
Documentary, Drama
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Movies with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi as Actress(1)

as Narrator2003 A Normal Life

TV Shows/Series with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi as Actress(1)

as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Movies with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi as Crew(22)

Directing/Director2023 Wild Life
Production/Producer2023 Wild Life
Directing/Director2023 NYAD
Directing/Director2022 Return to Space
Production/Producer2022 Return to Space
Directing/Director2021 The Rescue
Production/Producer2021 The Rescue
Directing/Director2018 Free Solo
Production/Producer2018 Free Solo
Directing/Director2015 Incorruptible
Directing/Director2015 Meru
Editing/Editor2015 Meru
Production/Producer2015 Meru
Directing/Director2013 Touba
Directing/Director2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Production/Producer2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Writing/Writer2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Crew/Cinematography2003 A Normal Life
Directing/Director2003 A Normal Life
Editing/Editor2003 A Normal Life
Production/Producer2003 A Normal Life
Writing/Writer2003 A Normal Life

TV Shows/Series with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Photographer
Production/Executive Producer2022 Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

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Born: Monday, 01/01 1979 (January) in USA (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 45 years + 116 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: Princeton University, Brearley School
Spouses (current/former): Jimmy Chin
Other names for Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Элизабет Чай Васархели"
"E. Chai Vasarhelyi"
"Chai Vasarhelyi"
"엘리자베스 차이 베사헬리"
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi frequently works together with these people:
Jimmy Chin (21x, Crew)
Hugo Berkeley (6x, Crew)
Bob Eisenhardt (6x, Crew)
Anna Barnes (5x, Crew)
Julia Cox (3x, Crew)
Mark Rayner (3x, Crew)
Mikey Schaefer (3x, Crew)
Carolyn Bernstein (2x, Crew)
Jay Fisher (2x, Crew)
Chris Kugelman (2x, Crew)
Marco Vargas Garcia (2x, Crew)
Daniel Koehler (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:202381, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024