Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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 School. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.

  • Title: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  • Popularity: 2.273
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1979-01-01
  • Place of Birth: USA
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  • Also Known As: Элизабет Чай Васархели, E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Chai Vasarhelyi, 엘리자베스 차이 베사헬리
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Movies

  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2022
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    Return to Space
    Return to Space

    6.5 2022 HD

    The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

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  • 2008
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    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

    8 2008 HD

    Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice...

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  • 2022
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    Return to Space
    Return to Space

    6.5 2022 HD

    The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

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  • 2013
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    Touba
    Touba

    1 2013 HD

    With unprecedented access and dynamic 16mm cinematography, Touba reveals a different face of Islam by chronicling Sufi Muslims’ annual...

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  • 2008
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    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

    8 2008 HD

    Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice...

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  • 2008
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    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

    8 2008 HD

    Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice...

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  • 2021
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    The Rescue
    The Rescue

    7.9 2021 HD

    The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a...

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  • 2018
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    What if He Falls?
    What if He Falls?

    1 2018 HD

    In 2017, when Alex Honnold made his stunning free-solo ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan, he was taking an unimaginable risk: nearly three thousand...

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  • 2015
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    Meru
    Meru

    7.37 2015 HD

    Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the...

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  • 2015
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    Meru
    Meru

    7.37 2015 HD

    Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the...

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  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2015
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    Incorruptible
    Incorruptible

    4 2015 HD

    In the Spring of 2011, Senegal was pitched into crisis when President Abdoulaye Wade decided to change the constitution to allow for a third term. An...

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  • 2023
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    NYAD
    NYAD

    7.102 2023 HD

    Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open...

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  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2003
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    A Normal Life
    A Normal Life

    1 2003 HD

    Follows 7 young friends over 3 years after the war in Kosovo.

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  • 2023
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    Wild Life
    Wild Life

    7.1 2023 HD

    From Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Life" follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love...

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  • 2023
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    Wild Life
    Wild Life

    7.1 2023 HD

    From Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Life" follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love...

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  • 1970
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    Eruption
    Eruption

    1 1970 HD

    A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the U.S. military is far more terrifying...

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  • 2018
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    Free Solo
    Free Solo

    7.912 2018 HD

    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or...

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  • 1970
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    Eruption
    Eruption

    1 1970 HD

    A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the U.S. military is far more terrifying...

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  • 2018
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    Free Solo
    Free Solo

    7.912 2018 HD

    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or...

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  • 2015
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    Meru
    Meru

    7.37 2015 HD

    Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the...

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  • 2021
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    The Rescue
    The Rescue

    7.9 2021 HD

    The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a...

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  • 2024
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    Endurance
    Endurance

    1 2024 HD

    In 1915, the ship Endurance sank near Antarctica. Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew miraculously survived. In 2022, the ship was discovered,...

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  • 2015
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5.7 2015 HD

    Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    6.97 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    10 1970 HD

    Photographer will tell the intensely personal stories of the world’s greatest visual storytellers and artists, from how they found themselves...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    10 1970 HD

    Photographer will tell the intensely personal stories of the world’s greatest visual storytellers and artists, from how they found themselves...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    6.8 1970 HD

    Take a look inside the minds of elite adventure athletes through transformative stories about facing fear, personal loss, and Mother Nature.

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    5.833 1970 HD

    A gripping docuseries that goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women’s soccer team,...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    1 1970 HD

    Takes audiences inside the minds of elite adventure athletes as they recount transformative stories of confronting fear, devastating personal loss...

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