Betsy West

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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Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

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Behind the Camera

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On Broadway

Executive Producer

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Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down

Director

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My Name Is Pauli Murray

Director

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RBG

Director

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RBG

Producer

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Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything

Executive Producer

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Frida

Executive Producer

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Julia

Director

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Julia

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The Lavender Scare

Executive Producer

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The Picture Taker

Editorial Consultant

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Give My Regards to Broadway

Executive Producer

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