Betsy West

Betsy West is an American producer, filmmaker, and video journalist. With Julie Cohen, she has directed four biographical documentary films focusing on American women: RBG (2018), My Name is Pauli Murray (2021), Julia (2021) and Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022). She received the Cinema for Peace Award for Women's Empowerment for her film RBG.^[1] She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor of Professional Practice in Media Society Emeritus, at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.^[2]

Betsy West
West at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Education	Brown University Syracuse University
Spouse	Oren Jacoby

Early life

West attended the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island.^[3] She matriculated at Brown University, graduating in 1973. West earned a Master's in Communications from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1974.^[4]

She is married to fellow documentary filmmaker Oren Jacoby.^[5]

References

1. "Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West follow Julia Child's footsteps to France in 'Julia'". Org. November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
2. "Betsy West | Columbia Journalism School". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
3. "And the Founder's Award Goes To. . . Director Betsy West '69". The Wheeler School. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
4. "SU alumna Betsy West co-directs Oscar-nominated documentary 'RBG'". The Daily Orange. October 23, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
5. Walker, Michael (November 14, 2017). "A Downtown Artist Who Cast a Long Shadow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 17, 2021.