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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi in Meru (2015)

Awards

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

33 wins & 42 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Evan Hayes · Shannon Dill

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • IDFA Audience Award
    • Free Solo
    -Third Place
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • IDFA Audience Award
    • Meru
    20th Place
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

BAFTA Awards

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · John Battsek · P.J. van Sandwijk
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Shannon Dill · Evan Hayes

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Meru (2015)
    2016 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Free Solo 360 (2018)
    2019 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
    • Free Solo 360
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Evan Hayes

Heartland International Film Festival

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Documentary Special Presentation
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Photographer (2024)
    2025 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
    • Photographer
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Pagan Danielle Harleman · Betsy Forhan · Anna Barnes · Brent Kunkle
  • Meru (2015)
    2016 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Shannon Ethridge
  • Incorruptible (2015)
    2016 Winner Truer Than Fiction Award
    • Incorruptible

International Documentary Association

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Shannon Dill · Evan Hayes
  • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008)
    2009 Nominee Pare Lorentz Award
    • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Shared with: Sarah Price · Scott Duncan · Hugo Berkeley · Gwyn Welles · Jennifer Millstone · Patrick R. Morris · Edward Tyler Nahem · Kathryn Tucker · Jack Turner · Miklos C. Vasarhelyi

Nashville Film Festival

  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary Competition
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008)
    2009 Winner Impact of Music Award
    • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · P.J. van Sandwijk · John Battsek · Anna Barnes · Michael Lesslie · Thanet Natisri · Marie Savare
  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Direction: Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

PGA Awards

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Evan Hayes · Shannon Dill
  • Meru (2015)
    2016 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Sundance Film Festival

  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

SXSW Film Festival

  • Wild Life (2023)
    2023 Nominee Audience Award
    • Documentary Spotlight
    • Wild Life
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Touba (2013)
    2013 Nominee SXSW Competition Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Touba
  • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008)
    2009 Nominee Emerging Woman Award
    • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (2008)
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Documentary
    • Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

Toronto International Film Festival

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Documentary
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Woodstock Film Festival

  • Incorruptible (2015)
    2015 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Incorruptible

Tribeca Film Festival

  • A Normal Life (2003)
    2003 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • A Normal Life
    Shared with: Hugo Berkeley

Gracie Allen Awards

  • Jimmy Chin in Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)
    2023 Winner Gracie
    • Showrunner Nonfiction
    • Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

Virginia Film Festival

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Capri, Hollywood

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Winner Capri Documentary Award
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Los Angeles Film Festival

  • Incorruptible (2015)
    2015 Nominee Documentary Award
    • Incorruptible

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Valley of the Docs
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Jodie Foster and Annette Bening in Nyad (2023)
    2024 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment
    • Nyad
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Dove for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Camden International Film Festival

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Nominee Harrell Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Photographer (2024)
    2025 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series
    • Photographer
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Pagan Danielle Harleman · Betsy Forhan
  • Jimmy Chin in Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (2022)
    2024 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series
    • Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin
    Shared with: Anna Barnes · Chris Kugelman · Pagan Danielle Harleman · Jimmy Chin
  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Winner Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · P.J. van Sandwijk · John Battsek · Bob Eisenhardt
  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Production
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · P.J. van Sandwijk · John Battsek · Bob Eisenhardt

Sun Valley Film Festival, US

  • Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Episodic
    • Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Wild Life (2023)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Wild Life
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Film Club's The Lost Weekend

  • Meru (2015)
    2015 Winner Lost Weekend Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Meru
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Online Film & Television Association

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Shannon Dill · Evan Hayes

Women's Image Network Awards

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2020 Nominee WIN Award
    • Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman
    • Free Solo

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Evan Hayes · Shannon Dill

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Gold Derby Awards

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · John Battsek · P.J. van Sandwijk
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature of the Decade
    • Free Solo
    2nd place
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · Evan Hayes · Shannon Dill
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee Wyborcza.pl Big Screen Doc Award
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • The Rescue
    Tied with Questlove for Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021).
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Middleburg Film Festival

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Docville

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Winner Audience Award
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Americana Film Fest

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • Docs
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2019 Nominee MCFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Evan Hayes · Jimmy Chin · Shannon Dill

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · John Battsek · P.J. van Sandwijk

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee CIC Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin · John Battsek · P.J. van Sandwijk

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • The Rescue (2021)
    2022 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Rescue
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin
  • Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
    2018 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Free Solo
    Shared with: Jimmy Chin

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