Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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. Vasarhelyi is a graduate of The Brearley School. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
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DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1979Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
12Place of birth
USAAlso known as
Элизабет Чай Васархели, E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Chai Vasarhelyi, 엘리자베스 차이 베사헬리Cast credits
Crew credits
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Director, Writer, ProducerTouba
DirectorMeru
Director, Editor, ProducerA Normal Life
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, EditorIncorruptible
DirectorFree Solo
Director, ProducerThe Rescue
Director, ProducerNYAD
DirectorReturn to Space
Director, ProducerWild Life
Director, ProducerWhat if He Falls?
Director