Betsy West
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.
Known ForDirecting
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Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
Apr 24, 2026
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My Name Is Pauli Murray
Sep 17, 2021
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Top of the World
Aug 28, 2026
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On Broadway
Oct 12, 2019
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Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Jun 12, 2025
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Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Jul 15, 2022
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Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
Sep 24, 2024
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Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
Oct 30, 2020
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The Lavender Scare
Jun 07, 2019