Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus
Liz Garbus
Garbus in 2013
Born
Elizabeth Freya Garbus

(1970-04-11) April 11, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Years active1993–present
SpouseDan Cogan
Children2
WebsiteOfficial website
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]

  1. ^ Garbus, Elizabeth Freya (1992). Feminine Transgression – Historicizing desire and subversion in Contemporary France (Thesis/dissertation). Providence, RI: Brown University. OCLC 549674496.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Salamon, Julie (26 October 2003). "Film; A Filmmaker Who Chooses to Live Behind Bars". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Galloway, Stephen; Kilday, Greg; Gibney, Alex; Moore, Michael; Garbus, Liz; Berg, Amy; Vserhelyi, Chai; Dick, Kirby (25 January 2016). "Oscars 2016: Michael Moore, Alex Gibney, and More Documentarians on THR's Roundtables" (Video roundtable). The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ The Hollywood Reporter Staff (May 12, 2021). "The Hollywood Reporter's 2021 Women in Entertainment Power 100". THR.com. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.