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
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Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Intervie...
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The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first blac...
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In 1938 Edith Hahn was a Viennese law student - a "Christmas-tree Jew" with a gentile boyfriend. In ...
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Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Ara...
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A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution -...
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The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby ...
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Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand...
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Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with parti...
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Acclaimed actor and FDNY veteran Steve Buscemi looks at what it's like to work as a New York City fi...
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The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate...
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Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or menta...
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When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated...
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Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anti...
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Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decad...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becoming Cousteau (2021) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 2 | Lost Girls (2020) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 3 | All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 4 | A Dangerous Son (2018) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 5 | What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) Oscars 2016 | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 6 | A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (2014) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 7 | Love, Marilyn (2013) | Director / Writer | 9 | |
| 8 | Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) | Director / Writer | 8.5 | |
| 9 | There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 10 | Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (2009) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 11 | Coma (2007) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 12 | Addiction (2007) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 13 | Xiara's Song (2005) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 14 | Girlhood (2003) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 15 | The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 16 | The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 17 | The Farm: Angola, USA (1998) | Director / Writer | - | - |

