PJ van Sandwijk is the co-founder of STORYTELLER PRODUCTIONS alongside screenwriter Michael Lesslie. Battsek is currently in production on a range of titles including a film about the iconic Abbey Road Studios, directed by Mary McCartney and a biopic on the former world number 1 tennis player Boris Becker, directed by Alex Gibney. In 2020, Battsek launched his new production company Ventureland with long-time collaborators Kerstin Emhoff and Ali Brown. He also served as Executive Producer on the BAFTA Award winning documentaries The Imposter and Hillsborough.īattsek's most recent credits include the double Emmy® award winning Rising Phoenix, and critically acclaimed biopics Belushi, Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, and Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story. Starting with Academy Award winning One Day In September which Battsek conceived and produced, he has since been responsible for some of the most acclaimed documentaries in recent years.īattsek’s most notable credits include Academy Award® and BAFTA-winning Searching For Sugar Man, Academy Award®-nominated Restrepo and Winter On Fire, and Emmy®-winning Manhunt: The Story Of The Hunt For Bin Laden, The Tillman Story and Forever Pure.īattsek served as producer on the BAFTA nominated and Peabody winning Listen To Me Marlon and Grammy-nominee Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars. John Battsek is one of the most successful producers in feature documentary filmmaking. in comparative literature from Princeton University and splits her time between New York City and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with her husband Jimmy Chin, their daughter, Marina, and son, James. She is a member of the DGA as well as AMPAS. She has received grants from the Sundance Institute, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Bertha Britdoc, and the National Endowment of the Arts. Vasarhelyi has directed pieces for the New York Times Op Docs, Netflix’s design series “Abstract”, ESPN’s “Enhanced” among others. Vasarhelyi’s other films as a director include “Meru” (Oscars Shortlist 2016 Sundance Audience Award 2015) “Incorruptible” (Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award 2016) “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” (Oscilloscope, 2009), which premiered at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals “A Normal Life” (Tribeca Film Festival, Best Documentary 2003) and “Touba” (SXSW, Special Jury Prize Best Cinematography in 2013). The film also received seven Emmy® awards.

Most recently Vasarhelyi directed and produced “Free Solo,” an intimate, unflinching portrait of rock climber Alex Honnold, which was awarded a BAFTA and the Academy® Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2019. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an Academy® Award-winning filmmaker.

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