Betsy West
Betsy West is an American producer, filmmaker, and video journalist. She received the Cinema for Peace Award for Women's Empowerment for her film RBG. She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor of Professional Practice in Media Society Emeritus, at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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- Betsy West
- Education
- * Brown University (BA)
- Spouse
- Oren Jacoby
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film producer · film director
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Betsy West is an American producer, filmmaker, and video journalist. She received the Cinema for Peace Award for Women's Empowerment for her film RBG. She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor of Professional Practice in Media Society Emeritus, at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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• Name — Betsy West • Education — * Brown University (BA) • Syracuse University (MA) • Spouse — Oren Jacoby
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West attended the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island. 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. She is married to fellow documentary filmmaker Oren Jacoby.
Executive producers Betsy West (left) and Julie Cohen at the premiere of the movie Frida at the 40th Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 18, 2024
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- 1.Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West follow Julia Child's footsteps to France in 'Julia'. Org. 2021-11-12.
- 2.Betsy West Columbia Journalism School. journalism.columbia.edu.
- 3.And the Founder's Award Goes To. . . Director Betsy West '69. The Wheeler School.
- 4.SU alumna Betsy West co-directs Oscar-nominated documentary 'RBG'. The Daily Orange. 2019-10-23.
- 5.Walker, Michael. A Downtown Artist Who Cast a Long Shadow. The New York Times. 2017-11-14. 0362-4331.
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