Professionally, I made my first film at 20 in a war zone in Kosovo. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
Documentaries require an enormous amount of grit and empathy – and that is something women are incredibly strong at. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My father filmed me all the time as a kid, and that’s how I was first exposed to a camera. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
I think that documentaries are bound by journalistic ethics, and I think they have the pressure of trying to entertain someone for 90 minutes. It’s hard, but it’s the same question no matter what you’re doing. Every film I’ve done, I’ve approached it the same way with the same level of respect. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
The top climbers in the world had attempted this climb and couldn’t do it. That history is what makes Meru special. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I grew up in New York City, but the rest of the world was a very big part of my upbringing. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Read Quote
