Chris Hegedus

Known for DirectingBorn 1952-04-22 (age 74)USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

DeLorean

The Quiet Epidemic

Woodstock Diary

Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music

Westernhagen: Keine Zeit

Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock

Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll

Depeche Mode 101

Moon Over Broadway

Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

Down from the Mountain

Jimi Plays Monterey

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Shake! Otis at Monterey

Only the Strong Survive

Al Franken: God Spoke

Unlocking the Cage

Kings of Pastry

Sweet Toronto

The Energy War

Half the Picture

The War Room

Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

Startup.com

Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean

Born in Flames

The Return of the War Room

Town Bloody Hall

Addiction

Meat the Future

Das Pfefferminz-Experiment

The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music

Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg

Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl

Alice Cooper