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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Free Solo.
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Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Dir. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · With Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Dir. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · With Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.
Dir. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · With Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, Renan Öztürk
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
Dir. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · With Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans

The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.
Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin · With Elon Musk, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken
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