Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus is a highly acclaimed documentary filmmaker known for her impactful storytelling and award-winning productions, bringing compelling narratives to audiences worldwide. After co-directing The Farm: Angola, USA in 1998, Liz Garbus earned an Academy Award nomination, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and two Emmy Awards in 1999. That same year, Garbus co-founded Moxie Firecracker Films, a production company, with Rory Kennedy. Her subsequent directorial works included The Execution of Wanda Jean, shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, and The Nazi Officer’s Wife in 2003, narrated by Susan Sarandon and Julia Ormond.

Her 2012 film, Love, Marilyn, opened as a Gala Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and aired on HBO, preceding A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY for HBO in 2014. In 2015, Garbus directed What Happened, Miss Simone?, serving as the opening night film for the Sundance Film Festival. This critically acclaimed project earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and a Grammy nomination for Best Music Film in 2015. Garbus was also nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, with the film released by Netflix and winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary in 2016.

In 2021, she directed Becoming Cousteau for National Geographic Documentary Films and contributed directorial work to Hulu’s award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale. Her episodic directing continued with the Harry & Meghan documentary series for Netflix in 2022, and episodes for City on Fire in 2023, further showcasing her versatility by directing an episode of Yellowjackets in 2023.