Liz Garbus

Director · Born April 11, 1970 · 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

Directed 40

2020s

2026
Love, Rendered
Director
Dynasty: The Murdochs
Director
71
Give Me the Ball!
Director
2025
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
Director
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
Director
72
Good American Family
Director
70
2023
City on Fire
Director
64
2022
Harry & Meghan
Director
53
2021
Yellowjackets
Director
76
Becoming Cousteau
Director
77
2020
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Director
78
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Director
73
The Innocence Files
Director
78
Lost Girls
Director
65

2010s

2019
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
Director
73
2018
The Fourth Estate
Director
A Dangerous Son
Director
67
2017
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
82
2016
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Director
75
2015
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Director
78
2014
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
Director
73
2013
Love, Marilyn
Director
2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
2011
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
Director
66
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Director
Chess History
Director
The Fight for Fischer's Estate
Director

2000s

2009
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
Director
2007
Coma
Director
Addiction
Director
2006
¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
Director
2005
Xiara's Song
Director
2003
Girlhood
Director
The Nazi Officer's Wife
Director
2002
The Execution of Wanda Jean
Director
2000
Juvies
Director
The Changing Face of Beauty
Director

1990s

1998
True Life
Director
The Farm: Angola, USA
Director
1991
Investigative Reports
Director

Produced 84

2020s

2026
Taken: Natalee Holloway
Executive Producer
Taken: Natalee Holloway
Executive Producer
Rapinoe
Executive Producer
A Killer Story
Executive Producer
Maternal Instinct
Executive Producer
83
Dynasty: The Murdochs
Executive Producer
71
2025
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
Executive Producer
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
Executive Producer
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster
Executive Producer
67
Her/Mine
Executive Producer
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
Executive Producer
72
Number One on the Call Sheet
Executive Producer
68
Good American Family
Executive Producer
70
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
Executive Producer
Sally
Executive Producer
77
Enigma
Executive Producer
2024
Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney
Executive Producer
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
Executive Producer
74
Power
Executive Producer
69
Love to the Max
Executive Producer
2023
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring
Executive Producer
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
Executive Producer
73
The Barber of Little Rock
Executive Producer
Unknown: Cave of Bones
Executive Producer
70
Unknown: Killer Robots
Executive Producer
74
Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
Executive Producer
70
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Executive Producer
76
Take Care of Maya
Executive Producer
77
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Executive Producer
73
Justice
Executive Producer
2022
To the End
Executive Producer
Harry & Meghan
Executive Producer
53
The Conspiracy
Executive Producer
I Am Vanessa Guillen
Executive Producer
66
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
Executive Producer
63
The Murders Before the Marathon
Executive Producer
Children of the Underground
Executive Producer
The Fix
Executive Producer
2021
Mayor Pete
Executive Producer
59
Becoming Cousteau
Producer
77
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis
Producer
62
Britney vs. Spears
Executive Producer
59
Nuclear Family
Executive Producer
Fauci
Executive Producer
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Producer
2020
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
Producer
63
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Producer
78
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Executive Producer
73
The Innocence Files
Executive Producer
78
Lost Girls
Executive Producer
65

2010s

2019
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
Producer
73
2018
The Family Business: Trump and Taxes
Producer
The Fourth Estate
Producer
A Dangerous Son
Producer
67
2016
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Producer
75
2015
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Producer
78
2014
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
Producer
73
2013
Love, Marilyn
Producer
2011
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
Producer
66
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Producer
The Fight for Fischer's Estate
Producer
Chess History
Producer
2010
Killing in the Name
Producer
Family Affair
Producer
The Fence (La Barda)
Producer

2000s

2009
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
Producer
2007
Coma
Producer
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Producer
82
2006
¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
Producer
2005
Xiara's Song
Producer
Street Fight
Executive Producer
2004
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
Producer
2003
Girlhood
Producer
Con Man
Executive Producer
A Boy's Life
Producer
Pandemic: Facing AIDS
Producer
2002
The Execution of Wanda Jean
Producer
2000
The Changing Face of Beauty
Producer
Juvies
Producer

1990s

1999
Epidemic Africa
Producer
In Search of the Happy Ending
Producer
1998
The Farm: Angola, USA
Producer
1993
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns
Production Manager
1991
Investigative Reports
Producer

Wrote 1

2010s

2013
Love, Marilyn
Writer

Created 1

2020s

2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Creator
73

Appearances3

2010s