Nationality Canadian Role Filmmaker Name Liz Marshall | Years active 1994–present Occupation Filmmaker Education Ryerson University | |
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Born 1969 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Movies The Ghosts in Our Machine, Water on the Table Nominations Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Similar People Iris Ng, Nicholas de Pencier, Bruce Friedrich | ||
Meet the filmmaker with liz marshall director of the ghosts in our machine
Liz Marshall is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. Since the 1990s, she has created a body of work including broadcast, theatrical, campaign and cross-platform documentaries shot around the world, largely focusing on social justice and environmental themes. She is known for her feature-length documentaries Water on the Table and The Ghosts in Our Machine) for which she also produced impact and engagement campaigns, distributed community screenings, and attended many global events 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.
Contents
- Meet the filmmaker with liz marshall director of the ghosts in our machine
- Interview with liz marshall director of the ghosts in our machine
- Biography
- Documentaries
- Shorts and music videos
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2005
- 2001
- References
Interview with liz marshall director of the ghosts in our machine
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 director, writer, producer, executive producer, videographer and cinematographer, often collaborating with award-winning filmmakers and producers. Her body of work includes productions featuring musicians, dancers and authors, as well as 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; Farm Sanctuary; 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 Liz 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 declined a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal along with Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein and Sarah Slean.
Documentaries
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(Director, Producer) Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes of Africa / A Generation of Orphans / Women: The Face of AIDS /
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Shorts and music videos
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2015
For The Ghosts in Our Machine
(Shared with fellow Producer Nina Beveridge)
(Shared with fellow Cinematographers John Price, Iris Ng, Nicholas 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.
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)