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