Liz Ellis
Liz Ellis
 

LIZ ELLIS

SELECTED Experience

WGA strike captain — burbank, ca — september 2022-september 2023

writer, co-creator, sky: The Two Embers, thatgamecompany — los angeles, ca — September 2021-march 2023

staff writer, The Madness, Netflix — los angeles, ca — FEBRUARY-August 2022

Script coordinator, Law & Order: Organized crime, NBC — los angeles, ca — August 2020-july 2021

co-writer, sky - nintendo launch, thatgamecompany — los angeles, ca — June 2021

showrunner’s assistant, WU ASSASSINS, Netflix — SANTA MONICA, CA — november 2019-february 2020

Volunteer Writing Mentor, 826la — Los Angeles, CA — march 2019-march 2020

Volunteer Writing Mentor, WRITEGIRL — Los Angeles, CA — october 2018-october 2019

Writer, BORISLAV — Seattle, WA — september 2018

  • Best In Block and overall Runner Up at Seattle 48 Hour Film Project

writers’ pa, Wu Assassins, NETFLIX — Santa Monica, CA — June-October 2018

Writer, Life Socks — Seattle, WA — 2015

  • Audience Favorite and Best in City at Seattle 48 Hour Film Project

Director of Education, Bainbridge Performing Arts — Bainbridge Island, WA — 2015-2018

  • Oversaw staffing, curricula, training, scheduling etc. for 6-8 classes per quarter

  • Wrote 6-8 plays per year as required for student performances

  • Produced three showcases and a musical annually

Director/Editor, The EDGE At The Movies — Bainbridge Island, WA — 2014

Co-Founder/Programming Director, Seattle Web Fest — Seattle, WA — 2014-2018

  • Managed transition year as festival was taken over by Seattle International FF

Freelance Video Producer — Seattle, WA — 2012-2017

Writer/Director/Producer, WRECKED, web — Bainbridge Island, WA — 2012-2013

  • Nominated Best Comedy and Writing, won Best Directing, Indie Series Awards, 2013

  • Won two Bronze Telly awards, 2013

  • Outstanding Series and Outstanding Writing, LA Webfest, 2013

  • Nominated Best Comedy, Writing, and Editing, Indie Series Awards 2014

 
 
 

Colman Domingo in The Madness

On the WGA picket line at WG looking fly

A still from Sky: The Two Embers

 


Education

hampshire college, amherst, MA

BA: NARRATIVE MEDIA

Self-determined study of play, screen, and literary writing, as well as multi-media production. Interviewed web series creators and platform innovators for thesis paper, as well as writing and completing pre-production on my own series, WRECKED. 

Graduated May 2012.

Liz, John, and a skeleton sit in dark theater seats, watching rehearsal

Directing young theater actors at BPA.

Chewing on the cast of Z Nation.

SELECTED Awards

2018 seattle 48 hour film project

Borislav, which I co-wrote, took three awards, including best in block and runner-up overall.

2017 indie series awards

The Bhama Show, a sketch and standup series written by and starring Bhama Roget was nominated for four awards. I tagged along as I had produced and directed the show, and was personally nominated for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy. We didn't win anything, and got kinda hammered.

2015 seattle 48 hour film project

I co-penned the overall winner, life socks, which also took audience favorite in its block and best actor.

2014 amy award for emerging artists

every year, the amy award is presented to a promising local artist under 35 by the arts & humanities council of bainbridge island, wa. Previous winners include Jherek Bischoff and dove cameron.

2013 & 2014 indie series awards

WRECKED was nominated for six awards, including best writing, an honor I would have shared with Gabriel Carbajal, and best comedy series. We won two awards, including mine as best director of a comedy.

THe next year WRECKED was again nominated in several categories, including best writing and best comedy. Two of our actresses were winners.

2013 TELLY AWARDS

WRECKED garnered bronze statuettes in the comedy and low budget categories for online video.

WGA / IATSE

Contact

Email: lizellislizellis@gmail.com TWITTER: @lizellisliz
MANAGER: glenn cockburn, meridian artists
location: Los Angeles

Red carpet for The Edge At The Movies.

At LA Web Fest 2013 with Issa Rae.

At LA Web Fest 2013 with Issa Rae.