Liza Johnson
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Liza Johnson | |
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| Born | December 13, 1970 Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupations | Film director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Liza Johnson (born December 13, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and writer.[1]
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.[citation needed] She then went to the University of California, San Diego, where she received her MFA in 1995.[citation needed]
Her narrative shorts and experimental videos have screened in Berlin, Rotterdam, and many other international festivals and fine arts venues.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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 five feature films, including Return (2011), Hateship, Loveship (2013), Elvis & Nixon (2016), and Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024).[2]
In 2025, Netflix released Shondaland's The Residence, of which Johnson served as director for the first four episodes.[3]
