Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 6 films, with $32,210,905 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #2,088)

Best-known technical roles: Free Solo (Director), Meru (Director), Meru (Producer), The Rescue (Director), Wild Life (Director)

Most productive collaborators: Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, Renan Ozturk, Jon Krakauer, Shannon Ethridge

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Acting Credits
Technical Credits

Career Summary

		Movies	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
In Technical Roles	Director	6	$20,988,714	$11,222,191	$32,210,905
	Producer	1	$2,334,228	$16,592	$2,350,820
	Executive Producer	1	$0	$0	$0

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,635	$20,988,714
Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)	4,412	$2,334,228
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,368	$11,222,191
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 9,001-9,100)	9,035	$16,592
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)	2,088	$32,210,905
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)	5,912	$2,350,820

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.

2018 Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 9th, 2019

Directors Guild of America announced their theatrical nominations this week and we are starting to see some real patterns emerge and I think the Oscar picture is getting clearer. More...

2015 Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards Winners

February 27th, 2016

Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations, but they don't hand the awards out until the day before the Oscars. Spotlight was the big winner tonight, but it wasn’t the only one.

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2015 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 14th, 2016

The Directors Guild of America spread out the nominations, which I always felt hurt the buzz. There are ten categories of awards, but only three of which pertain to theatrical releases. There are very few surprises across these three categories, so the Oscar nominations today shouldn't be full of surprises either. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

November 25th, 2015

Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations. There were definitely some surprise nominees this year, but that also meant there were some unfortunate snubs as well. The overall leader was Carol, which just opened this past weekend. This is great timing and should help its box office numbers, as well as its chances throughout Awards Season. Its six nominations were one ahead of Beasts of No Nation and Spotlight. (One of Spotlight's was the Robert Altman Award, which has no nominations, just one winner.)

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All Acting Credits

All Technical Credits

Release Date	Title	Role	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Oct 20, 2023	Nyad	Director		$16,098	$16,098
Apr 14, 2023	Wild Life	Director	$325,936		$325,936
Apr 7, 2022	Return to Space	Director
Nov 29, 2021	14 Peaks: Nothing is Imposs…	Executive Producer
Oct 8, 2021	The Rescue	Director	$787,460	$124,596	$912,056
Sep 28, 2018	Free Solo	Director	$17,541,090	$11,064,905	$28,605,995
Aug 14, 2015	Meru	Director Producer	$2,334,228	$16,592	$2,350,820

Averages			$5,247,179	$2,805,548	$6,442,181
Totals	7		$20,988,714	$11,222,191	$32,210,905

Director Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Oct 20, 2023	Nyad				$16,098
Apr 14, 2023	Wild Life	$47,613	31	$325,936	$325,936	100.0%
Apr 7, 2022	Return to Space
Oct 8, 2021	The Rescue	$69,662	561	$787,460	$912,056	86.3%
Sep 28, 2018	Free Solo	$294,288	533	$17,541,090	$28,605,995	61.3%
Aug 14, 2015	Meru	$91,279	176	$2,334,228	$2,350,820	99.3%

Averages		$125,711	325	$5,247,179	$6,442,181	86.7%
Totals	6			$20,988,714	$32,210,905

Producer Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Aug 14, 2015	Meru	$91,279	176	$2,334,228	$2,350,820	99.3%

Averages		$91,279	176	$2,334,228	$2,350,820	99.3%
Totals	1			$2,334,228	$2,350,820

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,635	$20,988,714
Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)	4,412	$2,334,228
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,368	$11,222,191
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 9,001-9,100)	9,035	$16,592
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)	2,088	$32,210,905
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)	5,912	$2,350,820