Chris Hegedus

Born: 1952-04-22, USA

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.

Filmography

• Town Bloody Hall (1979)
• The War Room (1993)
• Startup.com (2001)
• Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
• Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl (2006)
• Westernhagen: Keine Zeit (1996)
• Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
• Woodstock Diary (1994)
• Moon Over Broadway (1997)
• Only the Strong Survive (2002)
• The Return of the War Room (2008)
• Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983)
• Down from the Mountain (2001)
• Alice Cooper (1970)
• Unlocking the Cage (2016)
• Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl (1989)
• The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music (2010)
• Kings of Pastry (2009)
• Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music (1992)
• Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll (1991)
• Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg (1998)
• Das Pfefferminz-Experiment (2019)