Betsy West
Directing
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 for
RBG
May 4, 2018
Frida
March 8, 2024
Julia
November 4, 2021
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
June 12, 2025
The Lavender Scare
June 7, 2019
My Name Is Pauli Murray
September 17, 2021
On Broadway
October 12, 2019
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
July 15, 2022
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
April 24, 2026
Top of the World
August 28, 2026
The Picture Taker
October 27, 2022
Give My Regards to Broadway
July 16, 2020
Behind the camera14
- 2026Top of the World Executive Producer, Director
- 2026Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks Executive Producer
- 2025This Is Not a Drill Producer
- 2025Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything Executive Producer
- 2024Once Upon a Time in Ukraine Director
- 2024Frida Executive Producer
- 2022The Picture Taker Editorial Consultant
- 2022Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down Director
- 2021Julia Director, Producer
- 2021