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
Awards & recognition
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Non-Fiction Film · 1998
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2016 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Non-Fiction Film · 1998 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
The Family Business: Trump and Taxes
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
The Handmaid's Tale
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You
Sally
Take Care of Maya
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Good American Family
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
I Am Vanessa Guillen
Yellowjackets
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
The Innocence Files
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
All In: The Fight for Democracy
The Farm: Angola, USA
Nuclear Family
Unknown: Cave of Bones
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Britney vs Spears
The Fourth Estate
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
Becoming Cousteau
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
Children of the Underground
Power
Unknown: Killer Robots
The Fence (La Barda)
Street Fight
A Dangerous Son
Coma
Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
Love, Marilyn
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
City on Fire
Enigma
Con Man
Lost Girls
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
Harry & Meghan
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
Mayor Pete
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Addiction