Betsy West
Directing
Biography
Betsy West is an Academy Awardยฎ-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.
๐ฌ Movies (14)

Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks
2026
Executive Producer

Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
Executive Producer

This Is Not a Drill
2025
Producer

Frida
2024
Executive Producer

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
2024
Director

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
2022
Director

The Picture Taker
2022
Editorial Consultant

Julia
2021
Director

My Name Is Pauli Murray
2021
Director

Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
2020
Self

Give My Regards to Broadway
2020
Executive Producer

The Lavender Scare
2019
Executive Producer

On Broadway
2019
Executive Producer

RBG
2018
Director