Liz Marshall

Liz Marshall
Born 1969
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Education Ryerson University
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active 1994–present

Liz Marshall is an award-winning Canadian documentary filmmaker based in Toronto. She has written, directed and produced broadcast, theatrical, grassroots and cross-platform documentaries shot around the world, largely focusing on social justice and environmental themes. She is best known for her feature length films Water On The Table [1] and The Ghosts In Our Machine [2]) for which she also produced outreach and engagement campaigns, and distributed community screenings, attending many as a public speaker. Water On The Table features water rights activist, author and public figure Maude Barlow. The Ghosts In Our Machine features animal rights activist, photojournalist and author Jo-Anne McArthur.

Biography

In the early 1990s, Liz Marshall studied film, video and photography in the Media Arts program at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has since worked as a producer, director, writer, videographer and cinematographer, collaborating with award-winning filmmakers and producers. Liz Marshall’s body of work includes productions featuring musicians, dancers and authors, as well as campaign documentaries for organizations. Marshall often assembles production teams under the auspices of her company LizMars Productions.

Clients, employers, broadcasters and partner organizations have included: Righteous Babe Records; CHUM Limited television channels Bravo!, MuchMusic, BookTelevision; War Child Canada; The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry; Canadian Journalists for Free Expression; Right To Play; the Stephen Lewis Foundation; Plan Canada; MTV Canada; CTV; the Independent Film Channel; W Network; TVO; Knowledge Network; CBC; Fusion Network; Netflix; the Animal Legal Defense Fund; the New England Anti-Vivisection Society; Animal Equality UK; We Animals; Women Make Movies; the Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund.

In 1995, American folk singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco and her independent record label Righteous Babe Records commissioned Marshall to document Ani on tour in parts of Canada and the US. Marshall directed a multimedia archival collage consisting of super 8mm, 16mm film, hi-8 video, and DAT recordings.

In 2013, Marshall respectfully declined a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal along with Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein and Sarah Slean.[3]

Filmography

Documentaries

(Director, Producer, Writer, Co-Cinematographer)

(Director, Producer, Writer, Co-Cinematographer)

(Director)

(Director)

(Director, Producer) Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes of Africa / A Generation of Orphans / Women: The Face of AIDS /

(Co-Director, Cinematographer)

(Director, Producer)

(Director, Cross-Platform Field Producer)

Shorts and music videos

(Director)

(Director)

(Director)

(Director, Producer)

(Director, Producer, Writer)

(Director)

Awards, nominations and distinctions

2015

For The Ghosts in Our Machine

(Shared with fellow Producer Nina Beveridge)

(Shared with fellow Cinematographers John Price, Iris Ng, Nick de Pencier)

(Garrett Kerr, Daniel Pellerin, Jason Milligan)

2014

For The Ghosts in Our Machine

(Shared with Interactive Directors The Goggles, and fellow Interactive Producers Nina Beveridge, Sean Embury)

2013

For The Ghosts in Our Machine

2012

Marshall respectfully declined the honour in support of the Idle No More movement.[7]

2011

For Water On the Table

2010

For Water On the Table

2005

For Inside Your Threads

(Produced by Tania Natscheff of MuchMusic)

2001

For Musicians in the War Zone

(Produced by Dr. Samantha Nutt, Eric Hoskins of War Child Canada, and Denise Donlon, Tania Natscheff of MuchMusic)

References

  1. ↑ TVO Docs - Water On the Table, TVO doc studio
  2. ↑ Review: 'The Ghosts in Our Machine' champions animal rights, Los Angeles Times November 14, 2013
  3. ↑ UPDATE: Liz Marshall declines her Diamond Jubilee medal, The Council of Canadians January 14, 2013
  4. ↑ Marshall concludes AIDS trilogy, PlayBack October 1, 2007
  5. ↑ Inside Your Threads, Much Music, CHUM Television, 2004
  6. ↑ Animal rights film garners four Canadian Screen Awards nominations, rabble.ca January 24, 2015
  7. ↑ UPDATE: Liz Marshall declines her Diamond Jubilee medal, The Council of Canadians January 14, 2013

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