Free Solo is a 2018 documentary directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, following climber Alex Honnold's preparation for and eventual completion of a free solo ascent, meaning without ropes or safety equipment, of the nearly three-thousand-foot face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The filmmakers, themselves experienced climbers, spent years documenting Honnold's training and psychology alongside the technical planning of the climb, a feat widely regarded within the climbing community as one of the most dangerous ever attempted. Free Solo won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and is widely regarded as a landmark of adventure and sports documentary filmmaking.
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Who received the Academy Award for Free Solo?
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.
The Academy Award for Documentary Feature went to four people credited for Free Solo: directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, together with Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill. Among the films it won against was the nominee Hale County This Morning, This Evening.
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Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017.
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Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017.
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Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017.
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Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017.
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Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017.
Created By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Infobox: director
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Created By: Jimmy Chin, Infobox: director
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmQuote, Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
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