Awards & Winners

Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus is an award-winning documentary film director and producer. Her film, Bobby Fischer Against the World, opened the documentary section of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, reserved for master American documentary filmmakers. In 2011 Garbus was nominated a second time for an Academy Award, for her film Killing in the Name, which she produced with her producing partner Rory Kennedy. Garbus is the daughter of attorney Martin Garbus and a fellow of the Open Society's Center on Crime, Communities, and Culture.

Awards by Liz Garbus

Check all the awards nominated and won by Liz Garbus.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special Bobby Fischer Against The World

2007


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Honored for : Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special Investigative Reports
The Farm: Angola, USA

1998


National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Nonfiction
Honored for : The Farm: Angola, USA

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Nonfiction The Farm: Angola, USA
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Farm: Angola, USA