Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson
Born	(1970-12-13) December 13, 1970 Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Williams College
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, writer
Years active	1997–present

Liza Johnson (born December 13, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and writer.

Biography

Johnson was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1970. She attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, graduating with a B.A. in Visual Arts in 1992. She then went to the University of California, San Diego, where she received her MFA in 1995.

Her narrative shorts and experimental videos have screened in Berlin, Rotterdam, and many other international festivals and fine arts venues. Her video installations have been shown in Artists Space in New York, the ICA in Philadelphia, Cineboords in Rotterdam, and Mass MoCA and WCMA in Massachusetts. She has also published critical writing on art and film, and has curated a number of museum exhibitions and festival programs. Along with her collection of short films, Johnson has directed four feature films, including Return (2011), Hateship, Loveship (2013), and Elvis & Nixon (2016).

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Fernweh – The Opposite of Homesick
2011	Return
2013	Hateship, Loveship
2016	Elvis & Nixon
TBA	Saving Bikini Bottom

Short films

Year	Title	Notes
1998	Giftwrap
2004	Falling
2005	Desert Motel
2006	South of Ten	Documentary short
2009	In the Air
2012	Karrabing! Low Tide Turning

Television shows

Year	Title	Notes
2015	Good Girls Revolt	Episode: "Pilot"
2017	Feud	Episode: "More, or Less"
	American Horror Story	Episode: "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"
2018	American Woman	Episode: "The Heat Wave"
2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	2 episodes
	Barry	Episode: "What?!"
	Sneaky Pete	Episode: "The Mask Drop"
	Silicon Valley	2 episodes
2020	What We Do in the Shadows	Episode: "The Curse"
	Dead to Me	2 episodes
2021	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Episode: "The Truth"

External links

• Official website
• Liza Johnson at IMDb