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Chris Hegedus

Chris Hegedus

Director · Born 1952-04-22 · USA

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Biography

Chris Hegedus (born April 23, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker. She and her husband, filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, founded the company Pennebaker Hegedus Films. Hegedus was nominated for an Academy Award for The War Room, a behind-the-scenes film about President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. The film also won the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures prize for Best Documentary. In 2001, she was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Startup.com. The film is a boom-bust story of two young internet entrepreneurs, co-produced with Jehane Noujaim. Hegedus was also the recipient of CINE's Golden Eagle Award, an Emmy Award, and lifetime achievement awards from several organizations including the International Documentary Association. Her films include the 2010 feature release, Kings of Pastry, about the legendary French pastry competition, the Meilleur Ouvrier de France. In 2011, Hegedus received the Athena Film Festival Award for Exemplary Directing.

Directed

  1. The War Room (1993) — Director
  2. Startup.com (2001) — Director
  3. Depeche Mode 101 (1989) — Director
  4. Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987) — Director
  5. Jimi Plays Monterey (1987) — Director
  6. Kings of Pastry (2009) — Director
  7. Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock (1999) — Director
  8. Unlocking the Cage (2016) — Director
  9. Town Bloody Hall (1979) — Director
  10. Down from the Mountain (2001) — Director
  11. Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) — Director
  12. Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl (2006) — Director
  13. Only the Strong Survive (2002) — Director
  14. Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music (1992) — Director
  15. Moon Over Broadway (1997) — Director
  16. Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983) — Director
  17. The Return of the War Room (2008) — Director
  18. Woodstock Diary (1994) — Director
  19. Addiction (2007) — Director
  20. Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll (1991) — Director
  21. Westernhagen: Keine Zeit (1996) — Director
  22. The Energy War (1979) — Director
  23. Alice Cooper (1970) — Director
  24. Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl (1989) — Director
  25. Das Pfefferminz-Experiment (2019) — Director
  26. The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music (2010) — Director
  27. Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg (1998) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Half the Picture (2018) — Self