
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
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...
TBA
Director, Producer
TBA
2026
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
2026
Executive Producer
2025
Director, Producer
2025
Director, Producer
2024
Director, Producer
2024
2023
Director
2023
2023
Director, Producer
2022
2022
Director, Producer
2021
Producer, Director
2018
2018
Director
2018
Director, Producer
2015
2015
Director
2015
Editor, Director, Producer
2013
Director
2008
Director, Writer, Producer
2003
as Narrator, Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer, Producer
1953