Chris Hegedus

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 behindthescenes film about President Bill Clintons 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 Startupcom The film is a boombust story of two young internet entrepreneurs coproduced with Jehane Noujaim Hegedus was also the recipient of CINEs Golden Eagle Award an Emmy Award and lifetime achievement awards from several organizations including the International Documentary Association Her 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