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Betsy West
Directing
Biography
Betsy West is an Academy Award®-nominated Emmy winning director/producer of RBG (2018), along with Julie Cohen. She and Cohen recently directed the new documentaries Julia (2021), and My Name is Pauli Murray (2021). As a producer at ABC News, Betsy won 21 Emmy Awards. She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor Emerita at Columbia Journalism School.
Filmography8 titles
On Broadway
2019Executive Producer
2019Executive Producer
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
2022Director
2022Director
My Name Is Pauli Murray
2021Director
2021Director
RBG
2018Director, Producer
2018Director, Producer
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025Executive Producer
2025Executive Producer
Frida
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer
Julia
2021Director, Producer
2021Director, Producer
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
2026Executive Producer
2026Executive Producer