Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an American documentary filmmaker. She was the director, along with her then-husband, Jimmy Chin, for the film Free Solo, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documen
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi at Sundance 2015
Vasarhelyi and Chin at a 2021 panel for The Rescue
Nyad (film)
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Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and J
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
…Feature. The film profiled Alex Honnold and his free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. Vasarhelyi and Chin's 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…
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Annette Bening Sept 2013TIFF