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Chris Hegedus

Cinema Eye Honors Recognizes 5 Broken Cameras, Bully, Detropia and The War Room

Kristin McCracken | Posted 03.24.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: American Museum of the Moving Image, Awards Season, Chris Hegedus, Documentary Filmmaking, Bully, Awards, D.A. Pennebaker, Detropia, Cinema Eye Honors 2013, Cinema Eye Honors, Entertainment News
Kristin McCracken

With only two categories rewarding documentary filmmaking at the annual Academy Awards, the nonfiction film community realized it had a void to fill in recognizing the outstanding work in their field.

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D.A. Pennebaker Gets an Oscar, Talks About Vermeer

Allan M. Jalon | Posted 02.03.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Chris Hegedus, Da Pennybaker, Da Pennebaker Oscar, Da Pennebaker Documentary, Da Pennebaker Films, Da Pennebaker Lifetime Achievement Award, Da Pennebaker, D.A. Pennebaker, Donn Alan Pennebaker, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Documentary Films, Entertainment News
Allan M. Jalon

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Elaine Kaufman Memorial: The Salon and Its Resaurateur Remembered

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.01.2012 | Home
Read More: Showbiz411?S Roger Friedman, Chris Hegedus, Carol Miller, Father Pete Colapietro, Elaine Kaufman, Elaine Stritch, Ron Abel, D. A. Pennebaker, Carol Higgins Clark, Dick Cavett, Liz Smith, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Gay Talese, Joe Allen, Pete Khoury, Fred Rappaport, Home News
Regina Weinreich

When Elaine Kaufman died last December 3, she left a city of broken hearts. For months, "Elaine's" lingered on, a nostalgic haven for "regulars," but many still had to admit, Elaine's was simply not the same without Elaine.

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Documentaries Storm the Nation's Capitol at Silverdocs Festival

Michael Rose | Posted 08.28.2011 | Arts
Read More: Silver Spring, Sesame Street, Amelie Boynton, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Senator Al Franken, Tribeca Film Institute, Chris Hegedus, The Loving Story, Maryland, AFI/Discovery Silvderdocs Film Festival, Fledgling Fund, Elmo, National Endowment for the Humanities, D. A. Pennebaker, Kevin Clash, Cinereach, Discovery Channel, Ford Foundation, San Francisco Film Society, Documentary, National Endowment for the Arts, The Barber of Birmingham, American Film Institute, Arts News
Michael Rose

What do Elmo, the New York Times, McDonald's coffee, transsexual tennis star Renee Richards, a chimp using sign language, electric cars, the real horse whisperer and Al Franken have in common?

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Eliot Spitzer and the Madam Co-Star in Client 9

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Hank Greenberg, Joe Bruno, Erica Jong, Albert Maysles, Chris Hegedus, Kate Davis, Cecile (CeCe) Suwal, Alex Gibney, Eliot Spitzer, D. A. Pennebaker, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Even as a CNN political talk show host, the specter of scandal haunts Eliot Spitzer. Oscar winning Alex Gibney seized the moment to document the falle...

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Jack Goes Boating and Kings of Pastry: What Can Go Wrong in the Kitchen

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kings of Pastry, Jack Goes Boating, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

If you are a cook, there is a nail-biting sequence in the new movie, Jack Goes Boating, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman under his own direction, adapt...

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How Sweet It Is: Kings of Pastry

Kristin McCracken | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Competition, Mof, Kings of Pastry, Chris Hegedus, Tribeca Film, Documentary, French, Lyon, Pastry Chefs, D.A. Pennebaker, Jacquy Pfeiffer, Pastry, Baking, Food, Home News
Kristin McCracken

It may not sound like your typical thriller: a labor of love documentary about 16 pastry chefs who have risen to the top of their field, invited to compete against themselves.

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Finally -- Locavore Candy at the Farmers Market

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: French Pastry, Candy, Kings of Pastry, Chris Hegedus, Fruit, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Chocolate, Green City Market, Green Market, French Food, D.A. Pennebaker, Locavores, Local Farmers, Style News
Flora Lazar

What does a French-inspired chocolatier make for a tightly-regulated farmers market such as Chicago's Green City Market without chocolate, hazelnuts, and almonds?

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What Do Bob Dylan, Bill Clinton, and French Cream Puffs Have in Common?

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Cinema Verite, Chris Hegedus, Culinary Education, Jean-Philippe Maury, Meilleurs Ouvriers De France, Vocational Education, D.A. Pennebaker, The Collar, French Pastry, Flashpoint Academy, Jacques Torres, Chicago Education, French Pastry School, Jacquy Pfeiffer, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Sebastien Canonne, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan, Don't Look Back, Nicolas Sarkozy, Cream Puffs, Artisanal, Artisan, Food, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

Legendary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus were at Flashpoint Academy this week for a screening of a new film they're making about the coveted "Meilleurs Ouvriers de France."

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