Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in 1992 and is a Fellow of the Open Society’s Center on Crime, Communities, and Culture. In 1998, Garbus achieved international public and critical acclaim for her Academy Award-nominated film, THE FARM: ANGOLA, USA. Garbus has also spoken at a number of film-related events, including the 1999 and 2000 Independent Feature Film Market, panels and workshops at the Sundance Film Festival, as a Guest Lecturer at NYU, and she has served on juries at several major film festivals. SOURCE:http://www.sfjff.org/film/biography?id=4696&last=Garbus&first=Liz&role=Director