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Liz Garbus

American film director and producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1970 · age 56

Elizabeth Freya Garbus is an American documentary film director and producer. Notable documentaries Garbus has made are The Farm: Angola, USA, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Love, Marilyn, What Happened, Miss Simone?, and Becoming Cousteau.

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2026A Killer StorySeries, ProducerMaternal InstinctFilm, 2026Producer2025Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerSeries, Director, ProducerEnigmaFilm, 2025Producer2023City on FireSeries, DirectorTake Care of MayaFilm, 2023Producer2022I Am Vanessa GuillenFilm, Producer2021Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking BoratSeries, Producer2020I'll Be Gone in the DarkSeries, Director, CreatorAll In: The Fight for DemocracyFilm, 2020Director, Producer2019The Tamron Hall ShowSeries2018The Fourth EstateSeries, Director, ProducerA Dangerous SonFilm, 2018Director, Producer2016Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson CooperFilm, Director, Producer2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2014A Good Job: Stories of the FDNYFilm, Director, Producer2013Love, MarilynFilm, Director, Writer2011Bobby Fischer Against the WorldFilm, Director, Producer2007Ghosts of Abu GhraibFilm, Producer2005Street FightFilm, Producer2002The Execution of Wanda JeanFilm, Director, Producer1998National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction FilmAwardTrue LifeSeries, 1998DirectorThe Farm: Angola, USAFilm, 1998Director, Producer1991Investigative ReportsSeries, Director, Producer1970Born11 April 1970

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  • ariana grande: excuse me, i love you 2020
  • Take Care of Maya 2023
  • I Am Vanessa Guillen 2022
  • Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 2023
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? 2015

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Filmography 40

144 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film1998
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

About this person

She is co-founder and co-director of the New York City-based documentary film production company Story Syndicate.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1970 · age 56

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Directors from the United States 3

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