LIZ MARSHALL – DIRECTOR WRITER PRODUCER BIOGRAPHY

Liz Marshall is an auteur filmmaker who fuses cinematic storytelling with social and environmental justice issues. Since the late 90s she has created award winning and socially relevant projects shot all over the world which focus on a range of issues including: the right to water movement; animal sentience; censorship affecting writers and journalists; war-affected children; corporate-globalization; gender; sweatshop labour; refugees, and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, she has created a body of arts-based shorts and documentaries about acclaimed musicians and dancer- choreographers.

Liz is well versed in the craft of visual, conceptual and social-issue storytelling, with a special interest and talent for intimate character-driven narratives.

RECENT WORK INCLUDES:

WATER ON THE TABLE (2010) is an award winning and Gemini nominated theatrical and broadcast film featuring Maude Barlow’s crusade to have water declared a human right.

THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE (2013), a cross-platform documentary that illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world. A film, an interactive online story and a robust web presence, THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE shines a light on the complex issue of animal rights within the context of our voracious consumer driven world.

Marshall’s work has premiered for diverse audiences: Theatrically; international broadcast; international film festivals; the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto; 150 world leaders at the 2001 Winnipeg Conference on War-Affected Children; PEN International; Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression; museums; Air Canada; grassroots groups around the world, and for the Tragically Hip and 200,000 of their fans.

In the early 90s Liz Marshall majored in film, video and photography in the Media Arts Program at Ryerson University. Her thesis project “Identity Portraits” explored the complexity of identity and revealed a talent for intimate character development and image making. She went on to work in television, for non-governmental organizations and as an independent creator.

Liz spent her childhood summers playing and imagining on the salty sorrel beaches of British Columbia, her home away from home. She lives in Toronto with her partner and their rescued cats.