Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

Known for
Directing
Born
April 11, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
USA

Biography

Elizabeth Freya Garbus (born April 11, 1970) 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, and What Happened, Miss Simone? She is a two-time Oscar Nominee, two-time Emmy Winner, Peabody Winner, Grammy Nominee, and DGA-Nominated director

Known For

Filmography

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Sunburn

Sunburn

Movie · Director

2026
Give Me the Ball! poster

Give Me the Ball!

Movie · Director

2026
Love, Rendered poster

Love, Rendered

Movie · Director

2026
Dynasty: The Murdochs poster

Dynasty: The Murdochs

TV · Director · 4 eps

2025
Good American Family poster

Good American Family

TV · Director · 2 eps

2025
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer poster

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer

TV · Director · 3 eps

2025
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders poster

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

TV · Director · 4 eps

2023
City on Fire poster

City on Fire

TV · Director · 2 eps

2022
Harry & Meghan poster

Harry & Meghan

TV · Director · 6 eps

2021
Becoming Cousteau poster

Becoming Cousteau

Movie · Director

2021
Yellowjackets poster

Yellowjackets

TV · Director · 1 ep

2020
Lost Girls poster

Lost Girls

Movie · Director

2020
All In: The Fight for Democracy poster

All In: The Fight for Democracy

Movie · Director

2020
The Innocence Files poster

The Innocence Files

TV · Director · 1 ep

2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark poster

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

TV · Director · 2 eps

2019
Who Killed Garrett Phillips? poster

Who Killed Garrett Phillips?

TV · Director · 2 eps

2018
A Dangerous Son poster

A Dangerous Son

Movie · Director

2018
The Fourth Estate poster

The Fourth Estate

TV · Director · 4 eps

2017
The Handmaid's Tale poster

The Handmaid's Tale

TV · Director · 1 ep

2016
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper poster

Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

Movie · Director

2015
What Happened, Miss Simone? poster

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Movie · Director

2014
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY poster

A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY

Movie · Director

2013
Love, Marilyn poster

Love, Marilyn

Movie · Director

2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas poster

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Movie · Director

2012
Robot

Robot

Movie · Director

2011
Bobby Fischer Against the World poster

Bobby Fischer Against the World

Movie · Director

2011
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane poster

There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

Movie · Director

2011
Chess History poster

Chess History

Movie · Director

2011
The Fight for Fischer's Estate poster

The Fight for Fischer's Estate

Movie · Director

2009
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech poster

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech

Movie · Director

2007
Coma poster

Coma

Movie · Director

2007
Addiction poster

Addiction

Movie · Director

2007
The Addiction Project

The Addiction Project

TV · Director · 1 ep

2006
¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas! poster

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

Movie · Director

2005
Xiara's Song poster

Xiara's Song

Movie · Director

2003
The Nazi Officer's Wife poster

The Nazi Officer's Wife

Movie · Director

2003
Girlhood poster

Girlhood

Movie · Director

2002
The Execution of Wanda Jean poster

The Execution of Wanda Jean

Movie · Director

2000
Juvies poster

Juvies

Movie · Director

2000
The Changing Face of Beauty poster

The Changing Face of Beauty

Movie · Director

1999
Different Moms

Different Moms

Movie · Director

1998
The Farm: Angola, USA poster

The Farm: Angola, USA

Movie · Director

1998
True Life poster

True Life

TV · Director · 1 ep

1991
Investigative Reports poster

Investigative Reports

TV · Director · 1 ep