Apr 11, 1970 - USA
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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| Movie | 2011 | There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane | Self - Interviewer (voice) | |
| TV Show | 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1999 | In Search of the Happy Ending | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2002 | The Execution of Wanda Jean | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | Family Affair | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | Fauci | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | The Nazi Officer's Wife | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Bobby Fischer Against the World | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | The Farm: Angola, USA | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Coma | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1998 | The Farm: Angola, USA | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | Britney vs. Spears | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Girlhood | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2005 | Street Fight | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2022 | I Am Vanessa Guillen | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | Power | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | Bobby Fischer Against the World | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | To the End | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | The Conspiracy | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | The Barber of Little Rock | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Sally | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2006 | ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas! | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2006 | ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Girlhood | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2007 | Addiction | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Justice | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2005 | Xiara's Song | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2005 | Xiara's Song | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | Love to the Max | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | Chess History | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Take Care of Maya | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Unknown: Killer Robots | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Unknown: Cave of Bones | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Unknown: The Lost Pyramid | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | The Fight for Fischer's Estate | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | The Fight for Fischer's Estate | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | A Dangerous Son | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | The Family Business: Trump and Taxes | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | Lost Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns | Production Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | A Dangerous Son | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | Lost Girls | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2004 | Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | All In: The Fight for Democracy | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | All In: The Fight for Democracy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Becoming Cousteau | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Becoming Cousteau | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | ariana grande: excuse me, i love you | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | Mayor Pete | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Her/Mine | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Enigma | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | Different Moms | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Different Moms | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Juvies | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | The Changing Face of Beauty | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Robot | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Convergence: Courage in a Crisis | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2013 | Before the Spring: After the Fall | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Killing in the Name | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | The Fence (La Barda) | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2009 | Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2007 | Ghosts of Abu Ghraib | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | Robot | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | Chess History | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2007 | Coma | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | Different Moms | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | The Changing Face of Beauty | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | Juvies | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2002 | The Execution of Wanda Jean | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Con Man | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | A Boy's Life | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Pandemic: Facing AIDS | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2002 | Schooling Jewel | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2003 | Together: Stop Violence Against Women | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1996 | Final Judgment: The Execution of Antonio James | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | Epidemic Africa | Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Give Me the Ball! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1991 | Investigative Reports | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Fourth Estate | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Fourth Estate | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Innocence Files | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Innocence Files | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Nuclear Family | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | The Fix | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | Children of the Underground | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | The Murders Before the Marathon | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | Harry & Meghan | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | Harry & Meghan | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | City on Fire | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2021 | Yellowjackets | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2025 | Good American Family | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2025 | Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Good American Family | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2025 | One Night in Idaho: The College Murders | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2025 | One Night in Idaho: The College Murders | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Who Killed Garrett Phillips? | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Addiction Project | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1991 | Investigative Reports | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1998 | True Life | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Who Killed Garrett Phillips? | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2006 | Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2025 | Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2020 | I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Creator | Creator |
