DIRECTOR · FROM USA
Liz Garbus
Born 1970 · 56 years old95 credits since 19914 coming up
True storyThought provokingGrittyTenseDisturbing
ABOUT LIZ
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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Born11 April 1970
BirthplaceUSA
Known forDirecting
On Cineora48 of 95 titles
Known for
The titles people know Liz from.
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What Liz is working on next.
- Taken: Natalee HollowayExecutive ProducerOut Nov 2026
- SunburnDirector · ProducerDate to be announced
- The Feminist TapesExecutive ProducerDate to be announced
- So Far GoneExecutive ProducerDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 48
- Average IMDb
- 7.1
- Highest rated
- The Handmaid's TaleIMDb 8.3
- Working since
- 1991
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Filmography
The 2020s
50 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Executive Producer
Executive Producer · 3 episodes
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MovieExecutive Producer
SeriesDirector · Executive Producer · 4 episodes
Director
SeriesDirector · Executive Producer · 4 episodes
MovieExecutive Producer
The 2010s
19 titles · IMDb 7.4 on averageSeriesDirector · Producer · 2 episodes
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The 2000s
20 titles · IMDb 7.5 on average
Director · Producer
The Addiction Project
Not on CineoraDirector · 1 episode
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Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Not on CineoraProducer · 1 episode
Director · Producer
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The 1990s
6 titles · IMDb 7.5 on averageDifferent Moms
Not on CineoraDirector · Writer · Executive Producer
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Final Judgment: The Execution of Antonio James
Not on CineoraProducer
Director · Producer · 5 episodes
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Liz’s titles.
Gil TalmiComposer · Harry & Meghan, Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer and 2 more
Amy RyanLost Girls and I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Erin Lee CarrBritney vs. Spears and Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
Mark MonroeDirector · Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster and Becoming Cousteau
John HoffmanDirector · Fauci and The Barber of Little Rock
Theodore ShapiroComposer · Yellowjackets and Girlhood
Danny BensiComposer · Becoming Cousteau and Enigma