Betsy West
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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
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On Broadway (2019)
Executive Producer

Frida (2024)
Executive Producer

Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025)
Executive Producer

The Lavender Scare (2019)
Executive Producer

Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks (2026)
Executive Producer

Give My Regards to Broadway (2020)
Executive Producer
Top of the World (—)
Executive Producer





