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Betsy West
Known for
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 work
RBG
2018
Frida
2024
Julia
2021
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
The Lavender Scare
2019
My Name Is Pauli Murray
2021
On Broadway
2019
Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
2020
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
2022
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
2026Filmography
2026
Top of the WorldExecutive Producer, Director
2026
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the LunachicksExecutive Producer
2025
This Is Not a DrillProducer
2025
Barbara Walters: Tell Me EverythingExecutive Producer
2024
Once Upon a Time in UkraineDirector
2024
FridaExecutive Producer
2022
The Picture TakerEditorial Consultant
2022
Gabby Giffords Won't Back DownDirector
2021
JuliaDirector, Producer
2021
My Name Is Pauli MurrayDirector
2020
2020
Give My Regards to BroadwayExecutive Producer
2019
On BroadwayExecutive Producer
2019
The Lavender ScareExecutive Producer
2018
RBGDirector, Producer