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
7.5RBG
2018
6.8Frida
2024
6.2Julia
2021
7.4Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
8.2My Name Is Pauli Murray
2021
5.6The Lavender Scare
2019
From Nerdspin
Filmography
- 2026★ 6.0
- 2024
- 2022★ 8.5
- 2021★ 6.2
- 2021★ 8.2
- 2018★ 7.5







