LIZ GILL
FILMOGRAPHY
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Written Off, Documentary
(2008) more »
RTE 1, 7pm, Night TBC
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Consuming Passions, Documentary
(2007) more »
RTE 1, Wednesdays - 7.30pm
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Hide & Seek, TV series (60min episodes)
(2006) more »
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The Clinic, TV series (60min episodes)
(2005) more »
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The Big Bow Wow, TV series (30min episodes)
(2004) more »
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Silence, Short
(2004) more »
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Goldfish Memory, Feature (85min)
(2003)
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Goldfish Memory
(2003) more »
Goldfish Memory is an ensemble romantic comedy about relationships in Dublin - straight, gary and in-between. The film won 16 awards in international film festivals and was nominated for 8 IFTAS. It also received theatrical distribution in the USA, UK, Europe and South America.
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Gold in the Streets, Feature (94min)
(1996) more »
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Gold in the Streets
(1996) more »
Starring James Belushi, Ian Hart, Jared Harris, Aiden Gillen, Karl Geary, Lorraine Pilkington and Louise Lombard, Gold in the Streets follows the adventures and exploits of a group of young illegal Irish in New York.
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Kiss of Death, Short
(1995) more »
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Biography
Liz is currently directing Written Off, a 6-part documentary series for Animo TV and RTE1. She is also the Artistic Director of the micro-budget feature film initiative, The Catalyst Project.
Liz's most recent feature film Goldfish Memory received international theatrical distribution, including the US and UK, and won sixteen film festival awards. Her first feature as director was Gold in the Streets, starring James Belushi, Ian Hart and Aiden Gillen, produced by Noel Pearson (My Left Foot, Dancing at Lughnasa).
For television, Liz has directed blocks of dramas Hide and Seek (2006), The Clinic (2005), The Big Bow Wow (2003) and three episodes of the Wildfire Films documentary series Consuming Passions (2007-8). She also served as Consultant Director on Love is the Drug, winner of the IFTA for best television drama (2004).
Liz has directed two short films, Kiss of Death and Silence, and wrote and directed an Off-Off-Broadway play, A Woman's Place. Liz worked for many years as a First Assistant Director on feature films for directors such as Barry Levinson and Todd Haynes, among others, and before that as an assistant to Martin Scorsese and Harvey Weinstein.
Liz is currently in development on several feature projects.
Awards
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Outfest, Los Angeles, USA
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Valladolid Film Festival, Spain
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Buenos Aires Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Brazil
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for best Feature Film, Paris Lesbian Film Festival, France
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Turin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Feature, Verzaubert Film Festival, Germany
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, USA
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award, Indianapolis Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, USA
Goldfish Memory - Audience Favorite Award, 5th Annual Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival
Goldfish Memory - Audience Award, Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Denmark
Goldfish Memory - Jury Prize for Best Feature, Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Denmark
Goldfish Memory - Jury Prize for Best Film, Cherbourg-Octeville Film Festival, France
Goldfish Memory - Jury Honourable Mention, Paris-Creteil Women’s Film Festival, France
Goldfish Memory - Special Jury Prize for Best Film, Monte Carlo Film Festival
Goldfish Memory - Best Director, Peniscola Comedy Film Festival, Spain
Goldfish Memory - Nominated for 8 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards including best film, best screenplay and best director
Contact
tel: +353 (0)87 252 3846
email: lizzygill@gmail.com
website: www.goldfishmemory.com
Address:
8a Merton Park, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Agent: Ian Benson
Agent tel: +44 20 7727 1346
Agent email: ibenson@theagency.co.uk
Film Type : Live Action
What's new with this director?
Liz is currently developing the feature films My Summer Vacation and And Life Goes On.
