Liz Garbus

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Garbus at the Miami Film Festival presentation of Nothing Left Unsaid

Elizabeth Freya Garbus[1] (born April 11, 1970)[2] is an American documentary film director and producer.[3] 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. She is co-founder and co-director of the New York City-based documentary film production company Story Syndicate.[4]

Early life and education

Garbus grew up in New York City.[5] She is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer, therapist, and social worker Ruth Meitin Garbus. Her family is Jewish.[6][7]

In 1992, Garbus graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history and semiotics from Brown University.[5]

Career

While in high school, Garbus made a documentary about students' last day of school.[8] At Brown she took classes in video production in addition to her major subjects.[5]

After college, Garbus worked as an intern at Miramax. She eventually landed a job working for filmmaker Jonathan Stack.[5]

They co-directed The Farm: Angola, USA, which was nominated for a 1998 Academy Award. The film garnered multiple awards, including the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and two Emmy awards.[9]

In 1998, Garbus co-founded an independent documentary production company, Moxie Firecracker Films, with fellow Brown University alumna Rory Kennedy.[9] They combined the names of each woman's previous production company for their joint one: Kennedy's was called Moxie and Garbus’ was called Firecracker.[5]

In 2002, Garbus' film The Execution of Wanda Jean was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.[9]

In 2003, Garbus directed The Nazi Officer's Wife, which was narrated by Susan Sarandon and Julia Ormond. ¹ In 2005, Garbus collaborated with partner Rory Kennedy to executive-produce Street Fight about the 2002 Newark mayoral election; it was nominated for an Academy Award.

In 2006, the pair worked with actress Rosie Perez to produce her film Yo Soy Boricua.[10]

In 2007, Garbus' film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib premiered at Sundance. It and won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special of 2007.

In 2007, Garbus directed the film Coma, which aired on HBO in July of that year. The film follows four brain-injured patients receiving treatment at the JFK-Johnson Medical Facility in New Jersey.

In 2009, Garbus’s film, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (HBO) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 2011, There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane was chosen to be a part of HBO’s Documentary Films Summer Series.

In 2011, Garbus directed Bobby Fischer Against the World, which chronicled the great Cold War showdown between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972.[11] The film premiered on HBO and opened the Premiere Documentary Section of the Sundance Film Festival.

Bobby Fischer Against the World, opened the documentary section of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, reserved for master American documentary filmmakers.[12]

In 2011, Garbus was nominated a second time for an Academy Award, for her film Killing in the Name, which she produced with her producing partner Rory Kennedy.[13]

Garbus' 2012 film, Love, Marilyn featured Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Jennifer Ehle, Lindsay Lohan, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and others reading from Monroe’s never-before-seen private writings. The film opened as a Gala Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by HBO for a 2013 debut.

Love, Marilyn, internationally opened as a Gala Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and aired on HBO summer of 2013.[14]

In 2014, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY, which Garbus directed and produced, premiered on HBO and featured first-hand accounts of veteran firefighters and interviews conducted by former FDNY member Steve Buscemi.

In 2015, she directed What Happened, Miss Simone? a documentary about the singer Nina Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? was the opening night film for Sundance Film Festival, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2015, a Grammy for Best Music Film 2015, and Garbus was nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. The film was released by Netflix on June 26, 2015. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary.

In January 2018, The New York Times announced that Garbus and a documentary crew had been "basically living in the...newsroom since Inauguration Day [with] full access to the Russia investigation and much more."[15][16] The completed work called The Fourth Estate aired on Showtime in May 2018.[17]

In May 2018, HBO premiered Garbus' documentary, A Dangerous Son, which portrays three families as they deal with severe mental illness of three different children, and their efforts to get treatment and navigate the health care system.[18][19]

In September 2020, Garbus released All In: The Fight for Democracy, a documentary film about voting rights in the United States. It featured voting rights activist Stacey Abrams and other American politicians, including former United States Attorney General Eric Holder and then-Representative Marcia Fudge.

In 2021, Garbus released Becoming Cousteau, a documentary about Jacques Cousteau for National Geographic Documentary Films.[20] In 2022, Garbus directed Harry & Meghan, a documentary series for Netflix revolving around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.[21]

Personal life

Garbus is married to film producer Dan Cogan; the two have a daughter, Amelia, and a son, Theodore.[22]

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Notes
1996 Final Judgment: The Execution of Antonio James Template:Na Template:Ya
1998 The Farm: Angola, USA Template:Ya Template:Ya
1999 Different Moms Template:Ya Executive
2000 Epidemic Africa Template:Na Template:Ya Documentary short
2000 The Changing Face of Beauty Template:Ya Template:Ya Co-directed with Rory Kennedy
2000 Juvies Template:Ya Template:Ya
2000 True Life – MTV Template:Ya Template:Ya Episode: "The Travelers"
2002 The Execution of Wanda Jean Template:Ya Template:Ya
2002 Schooling Jewel Template:Na Template:Ya
2003 Together: Stop Violence Against Women Template:Na Template:Ya
2003 A Boy's Life Template:Na Template:Ya
2003 The Nazi Officer's Wife Template:Ya Template:Na
2003 Pandemic: Facing AIDS Template:Na Template:Ya TV mini-series documentary
2003 Girlhood Template:Ya Template:Ya
2003 Con Man Template:Na Template:Ya
2004 Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable Template:Na Template:Ya
2005 Xiara's Song Template:Ya Template:Ya Cinemax
2005 P.O.V. Template:Na Template:Ya Episode: Street Fight
2006 Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! Template:Ya Template:Ya Co-directed with Rosie Perez
2006 Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America Template:Na Template:Ya Episode: "The Homestead Strike"
2007 Addiction Template:Ya Template:Na Episode: "Brain Imaging Brookhaven National Laboratory"
2007 Coma IV Template:Ya Template:Ya
2007 Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Template:Na Template:Ya
2009 Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech Template:Ya Template:Ya
2010 Family Affair Template:Na Template:Ya
2010 The Fence (La Barda) Template:Na Template:Ya Documentary short
2010 Killing in the Name Template:Na Template:Ya Documentary short
2011 Bobby Fischer Against the World Template:Ya Template:Ya
2011 There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane Template:Ya Template:Ya
2011 The Fight for Fischer's Estate Template:Ya Template:Ya Video documentary short
2011 Chess History Template:Ya Template:Ya Video documentary short
2011 Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Template:Ya Template:Na Documentary short
2012 Love, Marilyn Template:Ya Template:Ya
2012 Robot Template:Ya Template:Ya Documentary short
2014 A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY Template:Ya Template:Ya
2013 Before the Spring: After the Fall Template:Na Template:Ya
2015 What Happened, Miss Simone? Template:Ya Template:Ya
2016 Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper Template:Ya Template:Ya
2018 The Fourth Estate Template:Ya Template:Ya
2018 A Dangerous Son Template:Na Template:Ya
2019 Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Template:Ya Template:Ya Two-part documentary
2020 Lost Girls Template:Ya Template:Ya
2020 I'll Be Gone in the Dark Template:Ya Template:Ya Six episodes
2020 All In: The Fight for Democracy Template:Ya Template:Ya
2020 Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You Template:Na Template:Ya Concert film
2021 The Handmaid's Tale Template:Ya Template:Na
2021 Becoming Cousteau Template:Ya Template:Ya
2021 Fauci Template:Na Template:Ya
2022 Harry & Meghan Template:Ya Template:Ya Documentary series; six episodes
2023 Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York Template:Na Template:Ya Documentary series
2025 Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer Template:Ya Template:Ya Documentary series
2025 One Night in Idaho: The College Murders Template:Ya Template:Ya Documentary series

Works and publications

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Selected honors and awards

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