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name: "Liz Garbus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liz-garbus"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:02:49.300022+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Liz Garbus

Director. Born 11 April 1970 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 April 1970, USA
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Freya Garbus

## Biography

Liz Garbus (born Elizabeth Freya Garbus) is an American director and producer of documentaries and scripted television and film. She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1992 with a degree in history and semiotics.

Garbus is best known for documentaries including *The Farm: Angola, USA* (1998), *Bobby Fischer Against the World* (2011), *What Happened, Miss Simone?* (2015) and *I'll Be Gone in the Dark* (2020). Her narrative feature debut was *Lost Girls* (2020). She has directed episodes of the series *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017) and *Yellowjackets* (2021), and the docuseries *Harry & Meghan* (2022). She co-founded the production company Story Syndicate with her husband, Dan Cogan.

Garbus is a two-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Emmy winner.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Yellowjackets* (2021), Director

## Also known for

- *Lost Girls* (2020), Director
- *What Happened, Miss Simone?* (2015), Director, Screenplay
- *Good American Family* (2025), Director
- *I'll Be Gone in the Dark* (2020), Director
- *Bobby Fischer Against the World* (2011), Director
- *Harry & Meghan* (2022), Director
- *There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane* (2011), Director
- *Love, Marilyn* (2013), Director, Writer

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