Oscar Nominee Liz Garbus to Direct Netflix Docuseries on Gilgo Beach Serial Killings (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comKate Aurthur editor Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus is doing a three-part Netflix docuseries about the serial killings of Gilgo Beach on Long Island, for which Rex Heuermann of Massapequa Park was arrested in July.
Between 10 and 16 women were killed on Long Island in the ’90s and 2000s, with many of their remains being found on Gilgo Beach, but it was thought to be a cold case until Heuermann was arrested and charged with three of the murders.
He has pleaded not guilty. Garbus — known for directing the Oscar-nominated “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” and many others, including 2022’s “Harry & Meghan” for Netflix — directed the 2020 film “Lost Girls” for Netflix as her first narrative feature, revolving around the Gilgo Beach murders.
In the movie, Amy Ryan (pictured above with Garbus) played Mari Gilbert, the enraged mother of a missing young woman who was a sex worker — the serial killer targeted escorts.
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