Portrait of Liz Garbus

Directing

Liz Garbus

Career

Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2011 and 2020 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Farm: Angola, USA
The Farm: Angola, USA
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Liz Garbus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.4, average 2.4
  • Romance
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Context 4
  • True Crime 4
  • True Crime Documentary 3
  • Emotional Impact 3
  • Biographical Documentary 3
  • Political Documentary 3
  • Social Justice 3
  • Investigative Journalism 3
  • Psychological Mystery 2
  • Educational 2
  • Contemporary Issues 2
  • Behind-the-Scenes 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Sunburn
Sunburn

Director, Producer

The Feminist Tapes
The Feminist Tapes

Executive Producer

2020s

32 titles · average score 66
Give Me the Ball!
Give Me the Ball! (2026)

Director

Maternal Instinct
Maternal Instinct (2026)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Enigma
Enigma (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Executive Producer

Take Care of Maya
Take Care of Maya (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

Executive Producer

I Am Vanessa Guillen
I Am Vanessa Guillen (2022)
GoodWatch score 56

Executive Producer

Becoming Cousteau
Becoming Cousteau (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Producer

Lost Girls
Lost Girls (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Executive Producer

All In: The Fight for Democracy
All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Producer

ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer

2010s

16 titles · average score 68
A Dangerous Son
A Dangerous Son (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Producer

Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer, Director

What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Producer

A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

Producer, Director

Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Producer

Robot
Robot (2012)

Director, Producer

Bobby Fischer Against the World
Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Producer

There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Producer

Chess History
Chess History (2011)

Producer, Director

Family Affair
Family Affair (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer

The Fence (La Barda)
The Fence (La Barda) (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer

Killing in the Name
Killing in the Name (2010)

Producer

2000s

18 titles · average score 74
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

Coma
Coma (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Producer

Addiction
Addiction (2007)

Director

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)
GoodWatch score 89

Producer

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas! (2006)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Producer

Xiara's Song
Xiara's Song (2005)

Director, Producer

Girlhood
Girlhood (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

The Nazi Officer's Wife
The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Con Man
Con Man (2003)

Executive Producer

The Execution of Wanda Jean
The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Producer

The Changing Face of Beauty
The Changing Face of Beauty (2000)

Director, Producer

Juvies
Juvies (2000)

Director, Producer

1990s

6 titles · average score 89
Epidemic Africa
Epidemic Africa (1999)

Producer

In Search of the Happy Ending
In Search of the Happy Ending (1999)

Producer

Different Moms
Different Moms (1999)

Director, Executive Producer

The Farm: Angola, USA
The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
GoodWatch score 89

Producer, Director

Final Judgment: The Execution of Antonio James
Final Judgment: The Execution of Antonio James (1996)

Producer

Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993)

Production Manager