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 is 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
recent 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.Hegedus studied Fine Arts at the Hartford Art
School and graduated in 1973 from Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design in photography and experimental film making. Afterward, she
moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and began shooting films for the
University of Michigan Burn Center. In 1975, she moved to a loft in
New York City and worked as a cinematographer on independent films
including Lizzie Borden's feminist feature, Born in Flames. The
following year she began her first collaboration with D. A. Pennebaker
as editor of the feature-length film, Town Bloody Hall, a chronicle of
the legendary "battle of the sexes" between Norman Mailer, Germaine
Greer and other feminists which took place in 1971 at The Town Hall in
New York City. The film became the basis for the play The Town Hall
Affair by The Wooster Group in 2017.In 1977, Hegedus, Pennebaker and
Pat Powell co-directed and edited The Energy War, a three-part special
for PBS that focuses on the historic legislative battle to pass
President Jimmy Carter's Energy Bill. The film was cited by the
Kennedy School of Government as "one of the best films on government."
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 is 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
recent 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.Hegedus studied Fine Arts at the Hartford Art
School and graduated in 1973 from Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design in photography and experimental film making. Afterward, she
moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and began shooting films for the
University of Michigan Burn Center. In 1975, she moved to a loft in
New York City and worked as a cinematographer on independent films
including Lizzie Borden's feminist feature, Born in Flames. The
following year she began her first collaboration with D. A. Pennebaker
as editor of the feature-length film, Town Bloody Hall, a chronicle of
the legendary "battle of the sexes" between Norman Mailer, Germaine
Greer and other feminists which took place in 1971 at The Town Hall in
New York City. The film became the basis for the play The Town Hall
Affair by The Wooster Group in 2017.In 1977, Hegedus, Pennebaker and
Pat Powell co-directed and edited The Energy War, a three-part special
for PBS that focuses on the historic legislative battle to pass
President Jimmy Carter's Energy Bill. The film was cited by the
Kennedy School of Government as "one of the best films on government."
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