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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
American Director
Life Me People Think Time You
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The mission of professional mountain climbers is almost impossibly difficult by design: Their very livelihood is based on achieving the unprecedented. Their expeditions are complicated, exhausting, often life-threatening. Risk is the fuel that keeps them going. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Parenthood has made me more cautious. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Me Made Parenthood More Cautious
I was no stranger to risk myself, having made documentaries in dangerous conditions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Africa. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Myself Dangerous Made Risk Having Documentaries Kosovo Conditions Afghanistan Africa Stranger
I've always sought to give opportunities to women, to people who come from a different background, to add diversity to the mix - in that I think it makes our work better. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Work Women People Better Opportunities Diversity Think Add Our Background Give Come Sought Makes Always Mix Different Who
I truly believe our work is an extension of who we are, and I constantly strive to push myself and my teams. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Work Myself Believe Our Strive Constantly Push Truly Who Teams Extension
As a documentary filmmaker, 'Meru' was an irresistible challenge. You can spend years searching for the right story, but this one had all the elements: the obstacles, the characters, and the drama. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
You Challenge Drama Spend Characters Had Obstacles Documentary Years Irresistible Story Searching Elements Right Filmmaker
The cinematography and the conditions in which 'Meru' was filmed drew me to the project. It's remarkable to think that everything in the film is real; these three men set out to attempt this impossible climb and to film it at the same time. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Time Me Impossible Men Three Think Cinematography Everything Project Out Drew Remarkable Attempt Real Climb Conditions Same Same Time Which Film Set
At its heart, 'Meru' is a personal story. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Heart Personal Story Personal Story
My parents are both immigrants, and we traveled a lot. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Parents Immigrants Both Lot Traveled
I grew up in New York City, but the rest of the world was a very big part of my upbringing. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
World Rest Big City Part New Up Very Upbringing Big Part York New York New York City Grew
I went to Princeton to major in comparative literature. I never went to film school, but I studied storytelling across mediums - poems, literature, film, and journalism. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
School Princeton Mediums Poems Never Studied Journalism Major Literature Storytelling Across Comparative Film Film School
That's what happens in feature docs. The more time you spend, the more nuance emerges, the more a story evolves - but it's different than fiction, where you can reshoot something. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Time You Spend Emerges Something More Feature Than Where Different Fiction Happens Story Nuance
There have been some wonderful climbing films, but for the most part, they are reenactments. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Wonderful Films Some Part Most Climbing Been
You just hope that your kids find what they love to do and abide by the law and make good decisions. The best you can do is instill such values in them. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Love Hope Best Good You Law Values Kids Find Abide Instill Make Just Decisions Them Your
Professionally, I made my first film at 20 in a war zone in Kosovo. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
War Made First Kosovo War Zone Film Professionally Zone
'Free Solo' has got nothing to do with politics, so to speak, but why are audiences responding to it in the degree that they did? I think it's because we give people an opportunity to see someone. Also, he's able to connect when you don't think he could connect. It's a respite. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Color is everything. It's another piece of the visual language to express what you're trying to say. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
You Language Everything Say Visual Color Piece Another Trying Express
Literature has guided me through my whole life. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Life Me Guided Through Literature Whole
There's something about 'Free Solo' that I look at the craft around it, and I'm really proud. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Free Solo About Something Look Around Proud Craft Really

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