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. Subscribe now.Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an Academy® Award-winning filmmaker. Stay informed and gain unlimited access to the Daily Beast's unmatched reporting. Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. “When we met the last time before you left for England, I even jokingly told you that when you come back, I would have to ask for your autograph. “You told me to wait and see you play for the national team, I always believe that you would do it,” wrote Prachak Sutham, a fellow survivor of the cave. Several of the boys rescued with him left memorial notes, according to ABC News Australia. In Thailand, Promthep’s mother mourned his death at the Wat Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai, where he grew up. Several books and a Netflix series has chronicled their saga. The boys were finally sedated with Ketamine and removed one-by-one. “I’m alright, just that the weather may be a little bit too cold, but don’t worry,” Promthep wrote to his parents. The boys were given letters from their families and encouraged to write back until they could be rescued. When they were finally found, rescuers took another week to devise a rescue plan, during which one rescuer, who was a Thai Navy seal, died. The 25-year-old coach kept them calm through meditation to use as little air as possible. Their bicycles at the mouth of the cave became a symbol of the saga. More than 10,000 people searched the area and labyrinth of underground tunnels for the team for nine days before divers found them. Promthep, who turned 13 inside the cave, was one of the first faces rescuers saw when they finally found the lost team and their coach after a sudden rainstorm flooded the Tham Luang cave, sending the group further underground where they survived in a dark pocket of air. Six months later, soccer star Kiatisuk “Zico” Senamuang, whose Zico Foundation had funded Promthep’s soccer academy through a scholarship, announced the teen’s death on Facebook. ‘Thirteen Lives’ Is Old-School Hollywood Filmmaking at Its Finest
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