Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus is an award-winning documentary director and producer. In 1998, Garbus' film "The Farm: Angola, USA" was nominated for an Academy Award. "The Farm" was awarded with prizes including the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and two Emmy awards.

Garbus' 2002 film "The Execution of Wanda Jean" was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. Garbus also directed "The Nazi Officer's Wife" in 2003. It was narrated by Susan Sarandon and Julia Ormond. Her 2007 film "Coma" aired on HBO in July 2007. It is about the experiences of four brain-injured patients receiving treatment at the JFK-Johnson Medical Facility in New Jersey.

In 1998, Garbus co-founded Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc., an independent documentary production company, with Rory Kennedy. [http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/artists/liz_garbus Featured artist: Liz Garbus,] Center for Social Media.] They executive-produced the 2006 Academy Award-nominated "Street Fight". Garbus produced "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib", which premièred at Sundance and won an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special of 2007, "Yo Soy Boricua", and "Pa'que Ty Lo Sepas", a collaboration with Rosie Perez.

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External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305017/ Liz Garbus filmography] IMDB
* [http://www.moxiefirecracker.com Moxie Firecracker]
* [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus_areas/justice_fellows/grantees/liz_garbus Liz Garbus]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/guests/liz-garbus Liz Garbus biography]
* [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/features/no-degrees-of-separation.html No Degrees of Separation,] Brown Alumni Magazine


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