1. Liz Garbus is co-founder and co-director of the New York City-based documentary film production company Story Syndicate.
13 Facts About Liz Garbus
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Liz Garbus is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer, therapist, and social worker Ruth Meitin Garbus.
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Liz Garbus eventually landed a job working for filmmaker Jonathan Stack.
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In 1998, Liz Garbus co-founded an independent documentary production company, Moxie Firecracker Films, with fellow Brown University alumna Rory Kennedy.
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In 2003, Liz Garbus directed The Nazi Officer's Wife, which was narrated by Susan Sarandon and Julia Ormond.
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In 2007, Liz Garbus directed the film Coma, which aired on HBO in July of that year.
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In 2009, Liz Garbus's film, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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In 2011, Liz Garbus directed Bobby Fischer Against the World, which chronicled the great Cold War showdown between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972.
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In 2011, Liz 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.
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In 2014, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY, which Liz Garbus directed and produced, premiered on HBO and featured first-hand accounts of veteran firefighters and interviews conducted by former FDNY member Steve Buscemi.
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In September 2020, Liz Garbus released All In: The Fight for Democracy, a documentary film about voting rights in the United States.
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In 2021, Liz Garbus released Becoming Cousteau, a documentary about Jacques Cousteau for National Geographic Documentary Films.
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Liz Garbus is married to film producer Dan Cogan; the two have a daughter, Amelia, and a son, Theodore.