Chris Hegedus
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.
Fotos
Películas (34)
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023 · Executive Producer
The Quiet Epidemic
2022 · Producer
Meat the Future
2020 · Executive Producer
Das Pfefferminz-Experiment
2019 · Director
Half the Picture
2018 · Self
Unlocking the Cage
2016 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010 · Director
Kings of Pastry
2009 · Director
The Return of the War Room
2008 · Director
Adicción
2007 · Director
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
2006 · Director
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006 · Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Sólo los Fuertes Sobreviven
2002 · Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Sound
Down from the Mountain
2001 · Director, Director of Photography
Startup.com
2001 · Director, Editor, Producer
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
1999 · Director
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
1998 · Director
Moon Over Broadway
1997 · Director
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
1996 · Director
Woodstock Diary
1994 · Director
The War Room
1993 · Director, Editor
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
1992 · Director, Editor
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
1991 · Director
Depeche Mode: 101
1989 · Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
1989 · Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987 · Director, Editor
Shake! Otis at Monterey
1987 · Editor, Director
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Born in Flames
1983 · Camera Operator
DeLorean
1981 · Producer, Executive Producer
Town Bloody Hall
1979 · Director, Editor
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
1973 · Editor
Sweet Toronto
1971 · Editor
Alice Cooper
1970 · Director
