Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1979
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
24 titles
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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. Vasarhelyi is a graduate of The Brearley School. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
Known For
Filmography
Everest: The Other Side
Self
The Lake
Executive Producer
Love+War
Director
Lost in the Jungle
Director
Endurance
Director
Photographer
Executive Producer
NYAD
Director
Angel City
Executive Producer
Wild Life
Director
Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin
Executive Producer
Return to Space
Director
The Rescue
Producer
Enhanced
Director
What if He Falls?
Director
Free Solo
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Incorruptible
Director
Meru
Director
Touba
Director
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Director
A Normal Life
Narrator
The Oscars
Self
Bartali
Director
Into The Unknown
Creator