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Actor
Chris Hegedus
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 2Crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 115891
IMDb ID: nm0373698
Known for: Directing
Born: April 22, 1952
Age: 73
Place of birth: USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2023
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Wikidata: Q2964731
Other jobs
Director (23)Editor (5)Producer (3)Camera Operator (2)Executive Producer (2)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Chris Hegedus.
7.4
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
9.0
The Quiet Epidemic
Producer
2022 Movie
4.5
Meat the Future
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Das Pfefferminz-Experiment
Director
2019 Movie
6.6
Half the Picture
as Self
2018 Movie
6.8
Unlocking the Cage
Director
2016 Movie
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Director
2010 Movie
6.8
Kings of Pastry
Director
2009 Movie
5.7
The Return of the War Room
Director
2008 Movie
5.3
Addiction
Director
2007 Movie
6.6
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Director
2006 Movie
6.9
Al Franken: God Spoke
Editor
2006 Movie
6.5
Only the Strong Survive
Director
2002 Movie
7.6
Down from the Mountain
Director
2001 Movie
6.6
Startup.com
Director
2001 Movie
7.9
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Director
1999 Movie
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
Director
1998 Movie
8.0
Moon Over Broadway
Director
1997 Movie
8.0
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
Director
1996 Movie
9.2
Woodstock Diary
Director
1994 Movie
6.8
The War Room
Director
1993 Movie
8.0
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
Editor
1992 Movie
7.0
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
Director
1991 Movie
7.9
Depeche Mode 101
Director
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris Hegedus.
