Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1979
- 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. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
Filmography
Bartali TBA
Director, Producer
Everest: The Other Side 2026
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
The Lake 2026
Executive Producer
Love+War 2025
Director, Producer
Lost in the Jungle 2025
Director, Producer
Endurance 2024
Director, Producer
NYAD 2023
Director
Wild Life 2023
Producer, Director
Return to Space 2022
Director, Producer
The Rescue 2021
Producer, Director
What if He Falls? 2018
Director
Free Solo 2018
Director, Producer
Incorruptible 2015
Director
Meru 2015
Editor, Director, Producer
Touba 2013
Director
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love 2008
Director, Producer, Writer
A Normal Life 2003
as Narrator, Director, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer
Credits from TMDB.