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.
Jimi Plays Monterey
(Editor)
Jimi Plays Monterey
(Director)
The War Room
(Director)
The War Room
(Editor)
Startup.com
(Director)
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
(Director)
Kings of Pastry
(Director)
Only the Strong Survive
(Editor)
Only the Strong Survive
(Director)
DeLorean
(Producer)
Alice Cooper
(Director)
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
(Editor)
Moon Over Broadway
(Director)
The Return of the War Room
(Director)
Town Bloody Hall
(Director)
Al Franken: God Spoke
(Camera Operator)
Startup.com
(Editor)
Al Franken: God Spoke
(Editor)
Depeche Mode 101
(Director)
Al Franken: God Spoke
(Director)
Sweet Toronto
(Editor)
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
(Director)
Unlocking the Cage
(Director)
Depeche Mode 101
(Editor)
The Quiet Epidemic
(Producer)
Woodstock Diary
(Director)
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
(Director)
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
(Editor)
Unlocking the Cage
(Director of Photography)
Unlocking the Cage
(Producer)
Addiction
(Director)
Down from the Mountain
(Director)
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
(Executive Producer)
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
(Director)
Down from the Mountain
(Director of Photography)
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
(Camera Operator)
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
(Director)
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
(Editor)
DeLorean
(Executive Producer)
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
(Director)
Das Pfefferminz-Experiment
(Director)
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
(Director)
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
(Director)
Meat the Future
(Executive Producer)
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
(Director)
Town Bloody Hall
(Editor)
Startup.com
(Producer)
Only the Strong Survive
(Camera Operator)
Shake! Otis at Monterey
(Editor)
Shake! Otis at Monterey
(Director)
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
(Director of Photography)
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
(Editor)
Depeche Mode 101
(Camera Operator)
Only the Strong Survive
(Sound)
Born in Flames
(Camera Operator)
Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean
(Producer)
The Energy War
(Director)