But who tells their story? The six-episode docuseries is directed by Liz Garbus, an Emmy-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker who has covered topics ranging from disenfranchisement in the US to the life of jazz singer Nina Simone.
Liz Garbus will tell the story of the Duke and Duchess in six episodes. Credit: From Netflix
The Duke of Sussex responds: “Nobody sees what goes on behind closed doors.”
High-impact documentaries
Garbus has long covered complicated stories ranging from systemic injustice to the lives of troubled public figures.
Her directorial debut “The Farm: Angola, USA,” which she co-directed with Jonathan Stack and Wilbert Rideau in 1998, earned her first Academy Award nomination and an Emmy. The documentary followed the lives of several inmates at the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary, nicknamed Angola after the slave plantation that once stood there, and the deep racial differences between inmates and the administration.
She has since produced a string of documentaries and sat in the director’s chair for the occasional scripted drama, including the Emmy-nominated season four finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Garbus with husband Dan Cogan, with whom she co-founded production company Story Syndicate. Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
In 2012, Garbus released “Love, Marilyn”, featuring A-Listers including Uma Thurman, Glenn Close and Viola Davis reading Marilyn Monroe’s memoir. Her Story of Simone’s Life: “What Happened, Miss Simone?” earned her her second Academy Award presentation. She has since taken on American politics in “The Fourth Estate,” “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” and “Mayor Pete.” She also helmed the critically acclaimed docuseries “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”, an adaptation of Michelle McNamara’s book about the true crime author’s personal, tireless pursuit to uncover the identity of the Golden State Killer . McNamara died before his eventual arrest and sentencing.
Garbus and her husband, Oscar-winning producer Dan Cogan, co-founded a New York-based production company, Story Syndicate, in 2019. produced the Netflix series “Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga.” She then directs two episodes of the Apple TV+ crime drama “City on Fire,” an adaptation of Garth Risk Hallberg’s debut novel about an NYU student gunned down in Central Park.
Parts one and two of “Harry & Meghan” will be released on December 8 and 15, respectively. Prince Harry will have more to share with the world after the series ends — his memoir “Spare” will be published in January.
