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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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1979Born, New York City

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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…

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Free SoloDirector

Return to SpaceDirector

NYADDirector

The RescueProducer

MeruEditor

Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing Producing

2026Everest: The Other SideDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie

2026The LakeExecutive ProducerMovie

2025Love+WarDirector · ProducerMovie

2025Lost in the JungleDirector · ProducerMovie

2024EnduranceDirector · ProducerMovie

2024PhotographerExecutive Producer · 6 episodes · Director · 1 episodeShow

2023NYADDirectorMovie

2023Angel CityExecutive Producer · 3 episodesShow

2023Wild LifeProducer · DirectorMovie

2022Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy ChinExecutive Producer · 10 episodesShow

2022Return to SpaceDirector · ProducerMovie

2021The RescueProducer · DirectorMovie

2018EnhancedDirector · 2 episodesShow

2018What if He Falls?DirectorMovie

2018Free SoloDirector · ProducerMovie

2015IncorruptibleDirectorMovie

2015MeruEditor · Director · ProducerMovie

2013ToubaDirectorMovie

2008Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I LoveDirector · Producer · WriterMovie

2003A Normal LifeNarrator · Director · Editor · Producer · Cinematography · WriterMovie

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