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United States Liz Garbus is a highly acclaimed documentary filmmaker known for her impactful storytelling and award-winning productions, bringing compelling narratives to audiences worldwide.
Prolific documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus and her company, Story Syndicate, have signed with CAA for representation.
Liz Garbus is co-founder and co-director of the New York City-based documentary film production company Story Syndicate, which she founded in 2019 with Dan Cogan.
In January 1998, Garbus co-founded Moxie Firecracker, Inc., an independent documentary production company, with director Rory Kennedy.
Director Liz Garbus partnered with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to direct their six-part Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, each party had different primary interests for the series.
Elizabeth Freya Garbus, born on April 11, 1970, in the USA, is an American documentary film director and producer. She grew up in New York City and is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer Ruth Meitin Garbus. Her early interest in filmmaking began in high school, where she made a documentary about students’ last day of school. She continued this interest at Brown University, graduating in 1992 magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history and semiotics, while also taking video production classes.
After college, Garbus gained experience through an internship at Miramax before working with filmmaker Jonathan Stack. This collaboration led to her co-direction of “The Farm: Angola, USA” in 1998, a film that earned an Academy Award nomination and won multiple accolades, including the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and two Emmy awards. That same year, Garbus co-founded Moxie Firecracker Films, an independent documentary production company, with Rory Kennedy, a fellow Brown University alumna. Their company combined the names of their previous individual production ventures.
Garbus has since directed and produced a wide array of critically acclaimed documentaries and series, often focusing on social issues, historical figures, and true-crime narratives. Her notable works include “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” (2007) which won an Emmy, “Bobby Fischer Against the World” (2011), “What Happened, Miss Simone?” (2015) which received an Academy Award nomination and won an Emmy, and “Becoming Cousteau” (2021). She has also directed episodes for popular series such as “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2021) and the Netflix documentary series “Harry & Meghan” (2022). She is married to film producer Dan Cogan, with whom she has two children, Amelia and Theodore, and together they co-founded Story Syndicate in 2019.
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