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.

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Known For

RBG
RBG
2018 ★ 7.5
The Lavender Scare
The Lavender Scare
2019 ★ 5.6
Top of the World
Top of the World
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
2026
Frida
Frida
2024 ★ 6.8
On Broadway
On Broadway
2019 ★ 8.7
My Name Is Pauli Murray
My Name Is Pauli Murray
2021 ★ 8.2
Julia
Julia
2021 ★ 6.2
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025 ★ 7.0
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
2024
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
2022 ★ 8.5
Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway
2020
Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
2020 ★ 4.0
The Picture Taker
The Picture Taker
2022
This Is Not a Drill
This Is Not a Drill
2025