Betsy West

Betsy West is an American producer, filmmaker, and video journalist. With Julie Cohen, she has directed three biographical documentary films focusing on American women: RBG (2018), My Name is Pauli Murray (2021), and Julia (2021). 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
Education
Spouse(s)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. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. "Betsy West | Columbia Journalism School". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. "And the Founder's Award Goes To. . . Director Betsy West `69". The Wheeler School. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. "SU alumna Betsy West co-directs Oscar-nominated documentary 'RBG'". The Daily Orange. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. Walker, Michael (2017-11-14). "A Downtown Artist Who Cast a Long Shadow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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