Liz Garbus Biography and Wiki
Liz Garbus who was born as Elizabeth Freya Garbus is an American documentary film director as well as a producer. She alongside Lisa Cortés has directed the documentary on voting rights, featuring insights from politician and lawyer Stacey Abrams. Her notable documentaries include: What Happened, Miss Simone?, The Farm: Angola, USA, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Marilyn, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib as well as Marilyn.
Liz Garbus Age and Birthday
Liz was born on April 11, 1970, in New York, United States. She is 50 years as of 2020. Liz celebrates her birth pon April 11 ever year.
Liz Garbus Height and Weight
Liz stands at an average height and moderate weight. She appears to be quite tall in stature of her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Liz Garbus Education
Liz attended Brown University where she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history as well as semiotics.
Liz Garbus Family
Garbus born and brought up in New York City, United States. She is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer, therapist, and social worker Ruth Meitin Garbus. Her family is Jewish. After doing our research, details about her siblings are not known to the public.
Liz Garbus Husband
Liz is married to Dan Cogan who is the co-founder of Impact Partners as well as the CEO of Story Syndicate. Story Syndicate is a new production company that brings filmmakers together and provides creative, strategic, and financial support. The couple is blessed with two children a son and a daughter.
Liz Garbus Net Worth
Liz has not revealed her net worth. She is a simple person and never likes to attract public attention by publicly displaying her wealth. However, this section is under review, we will update you when details about her net worth are revealed.
Liz Garbus Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Liz.
Liz Garbus Bio and Wiki
- Full Names: Elizabeth Freya Garbus
- Popular As: Liz Garbus
- Gender: Female
- Occupation / Profession: Filmmaker
- Nationality: American
- Race / Ethnicity: Jewish
- Religion: Christianity
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Liz Garbus Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 50 years
- Zodiac Sign: To be Updated
- Date of Birth: April 11, 1970
- Place of Birth: New York, United States
- Birthday: April 11
Liz Garbus Body Measurements
- Body Measurements: To be Updated
- Height / How Tall?: Average
- Weight: Moderate
- Eye Color: To be Updated
- Hair Color: Dark Brown
- Shoe Size: To be Updated
- Dress Size: To be Updated
- Breast Size: To be Updated
- Waist Size: To be Updated
- Hip Size: To be Updated
Liz Garbus Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Martin Garbus
- Mother: Ruth Meitin Garbus
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): To be Updated
- Marital Status: Married
- Husband/Spouse: Dan Cogan
- Children: Sons (One) Daughters (One)
Liz Garbus Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: Under Review
- Salary: Under Review
- Source of Income: Her professional career as a filmmaker and director
Liz Garbus House and Cars
- Place of living: To be Updated
- Cars: Car Brand to be Updated
Liz Garbus Career
While in high school, Garbus made a documentary about students’ last day of school. Then while at Brown she took classes in video production. After college, Garbus worked as an intern at Miramax, eventually getting a job working for filmmaker Jonathan Stack. In 1998, The Farm: Angola, USA, which she co-directed with Jonathan Stack, was nominated for an Academy Award. The film garnered multiple awards including the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and two Emmy awards.
In 1998, she co-founded an independent documentary production company, Moxie Firecracker Films, with fellow Brown University alumni Rory Kennedy. The company name is a combination of each woman’s previously separate production companies: Kennedy’s company was called Moxie and Garbus’ company was called Firecracker. In 2002, Garbus’ film The Execution of Wanda Jean was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Garbus directed The Nazi Officer’s Wife, which was narrated by Susan Sarandon and Julia Ormond.
In 2005, Garbus collaborated with partner Rory Kennedy to executive-produce Street Fight about the 2002 Newark mayoral election; it was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2006, the pair worked with actress Rosie Perez to produce her film Yo Soy Boricua. In 2007, Garbus’ film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib premiered at Sundance and won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special of 2007. In 2007, Garbus directed the film Coma, which aired on HBO in July of that year. The film follows four brain-injured patients receiving treatment at the JFK-Johnson Medical Facility in New Jersey.
In 2009, Garbus’s film, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (HBO) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane was chosen to be a part of HBO’s Documentary Films Summer Series. In 2011, Garbus directed Bobby Fischer Against the World, which chronicled the great Cold War showdown between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972. The film premiered on HBO and opened the Premiere Documentary Section of the Sundance Film Festival. Bobby Fischer Against the World opened the documentary section of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, reserved for master American documentary filmmakers.
In 2011, Garbus was nominated a second time for an Academy Award, for her film Killing in the Name, which she produced with her producing partner Rory Kennedy. Garbus’ 2012 film, Love, Marilyn featured Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Jennifer Ehle, Lindsay Lohan, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and others reading from Monroe’s never-before-seen private writings. The film opened as a Gala Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by HBO for a 2013 debut.
Love, Marilyn, internationally opened as a Gala Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and aired on HBO summer of 2013. In 2014, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY, which Garbus directed and produced, premiered on HBO and featured first-hand accounts of veteran firefighters and interviews conducted by former FDNY member Steve Buscemi.
In 2015, she directed What Happened, Miss Simone? a documentary about the singer Nina Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? was the opening night film for Sundance Film Festival, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2015, a Grammy for Best Music Film 2015, and Garbus was nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. The film was released by Netflix on June 26, 2015. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary.
In January 2018, The New York Times announced that Garbus and a documentary crew have been “basically living in the @nytimes newsroom since Inauguration Day [with] full access to the Russia investigation and much more.”[13][14] The completed work called The Fourth Estate airs on Showtime May 2018. In May 2018, HBO premiered Garbus’ documentary, A Dangerous Son, which portrays three families as they deal with the severe mental illness of three different children, and efforts to get treatment and navigate the health care system.
Garbus’ subject and editing, focus on: abandoned; alienated, and / or; rejected children; who then ‘turn in on themselves’; become overly-mature, partly (similar to a bruised fruit) to become child prodigies, so as to ‘become their own parents’, exhibit narcissistic aspects and struggle with socialization, similar to a ‘fish out of water’.
Liz Garbus Films
Here are some of the few films that Liz has directed:
- Chess History
- Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
- Love, Marilyn
- Robot
- A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
- Before the Spring: After the Fail
- The Fourth Estate
- A Dangerous Son
- Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
- Lost Girls
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
- Untitled Voting Rights Documentary
Liz Garbus Awards and Achievements
Liz is undoubtedly a fine film director as outlined in the following awards in which some she was nominated and some won:
- Open Society’s Center on Crime, Communities, and Culture, Fellow
- 1998: Sundance Film Festival, Documentary
- 1998: L.A. Film Critics Association Award
- 1998: New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1999: Emmy Award, Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (nominee) for The Farm
- 1999: Academy Award
- 2002: Sundance Film Festival
- 2003: SXSW Film Festival
- 2006: Emmy Award
- 2007: Emmy Award
- 2009: Sundance Film Festival
- 2012: Emmy Award
- 2015: Peabody Award
- 2016: Directors Guild of America Award
- 2016: Emmy Award, Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for What Happened, Miss Simone? with Sidney Beaumont, Amy Hobby, Justin Wilkes, Jayson Jackson
- 2016: Emmy Award, Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming (nominee) for What Happened, Miss Simone?
- 2016: Academy Award, Best Documentary, Feature (nominee) for What Happened, Miss Simone? with Amy Hobby, Justin Wilkes
Frequently Asked Questions About Liz Garbus
Who is Liz Garbus?
Liz Garbus who was born as Elizabeth Freya Garbus is an American documentary film director as well as a producer. She alongside Lisa Cortés has directed the documentary on voting rights, featuring insights from politician and lawyer Stacey Abrams. Her notable documentaries include: The Farm: Angola, USA, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Love, Marilyn, as well as What Happened, Miss Simone?
How old is Liz Garbus?
Liz was born on April 11, 1970, in New York, United States. She is 50 years as of 2020. Liz celebrates her birth pon April 11 ever year.
How tall is Liz Garbus?
Liz stands at an average height and moderate weight. She appears to be quite tall in stature of her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Where did Liz Garbus attend college?
Garbus graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history and semiotics from Brown University.
What nationality is Liz Garbus?
Liz is an American national.
How many siblings does Liz Garbus have?
Garbus born and brought up in New York City, United States. She is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer, therapist, and social worker Ruth Meitin Garbus. Her family is Jewish. After doing our research, details about her siblings are not known to the public.
Is Liz Garbus married?
Liz is married to Dan Cogan who is the co-founder of Impact Partners, and the CEO of Story Syndicate, a new production company that brings filmmakers together and provides creative, strategic, and financial support. They have a daughter and a son
How much is Liz Garbus worth?
Liz has not revealed her net worth. She is a simple person and never likes to attract public attention by publicly displaying her wealth. However, this section is under review, we will update you when details about her net worth are revealed.
Is Liz Garbus dead or alive?
Liz is still alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where does Liz Garbus live?
Because of security reasons, Liz has not shared her precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of her house.
Liz Garbus Social Media Contacts
- Youtube
- Website