Barbara Leibovitz is the younger sister of photographer Annie Leibovitz. She began her career in 1987, when she started working on the programme 48 Hours for the CBS TV channel. She also worked for Nine Network in Sydney, Australia, and, after her return to the USA, she became independent and filmed a series of award-winning television documentaries. In 1995 she debuted with the film Salvaged Lives, which brought her Best Documentary at the Santa Barbara IFF. Other TV docs.: L.A. Lifeguards (1998), The FBI (2003), made for National Geographic, and Extreme Aerialists: The World's Best Tightrope Walkers (2005, co-dir. Jaime Hellman). She wrote and directed the documentary Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens, part of the highly acclaimed TV series American Masters which won three Emmy awards during its 24 years on air.
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