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Betsy West

Betsy West

DIRECTING

Biography

Betsy West is an Academy Award®-nominated Emmy winning director/producer of RBG (2018), along with Julie Cohen. She and Cohen recently directed the new documentaries Julia (2021), and My Name is Pauli Murray (2021). As a producer at ABC News, Betsy won 21 Emmy Awards. She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor Emerita at Columbia Journalism School.

Best known for:

RBG

Frida

Julia

The Lavender Scare

My Name Is Pauli Murray

Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything

On Broadway

Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down

Give My Regards to Broadway

The Picture Taker

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine

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Filmography:

RBG (2018)
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WORK AS:
Director, Producer
The Lavender Scare (2019)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
On Broadway (2019)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Give My Regards to Broadway (2020)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)
WORK AS:
Director
Julia (2021)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022)
WORK AS:
Director
The Picture Taker (2022)
WORK AS:
Editorial Consultant

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Frida (2024)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine (2024)
WORK AS:
Director
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer

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