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Directing · Writing · age 56

Liz Garbus

Best rated: What Happened, Miss Simone? (7.6)

Films
16
Avg rating
7.10
Peak run
2011’20
7+ run
4 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Liz Garbus, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2011 to 2020, 7.28678200020052010201520202025What Happened, Miss Simon… 7.6Lost Girls 6.2Career avg 7.10

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Liz Garbus's career barcodecoolhot
199816 films2026
Current formLast 5: 7.02 vs career 7.10 (−0.08)
  1. WWhat Happened, Miss Simone?2015 · 7.6+0.5
  2. WWho Killed Garrett Phillips?2019 · 7.3+0.2
  3. LAll In: The Fight for Democracy2020 · 6.9−0.2
  4. LLost Girls2020 · 6.2−0.9
  5. WBecoming Cousteau2021 · 7.10.0
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Liz by the numbers

Average
7.10
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.09
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.45
rating spread
Career
29y
1998 to 2026
Total votes
64.3K
across every film
Best
7.6
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Worst
6.2
Lost Girls
Newest first

Filmography

Better together?

Liz Garbus's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Liz Garbus

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2016
    Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
    Nominated
  • Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1999
    Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
    Nominated

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Liz Garbus career stats | Cinemuse