Liza Johnson
# Liza Johnson

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

Short films

* Giftwrap (1998)
* Falling (2004)
* Desert Motel (2005)
* South of Ten (2006) (Documentary short)
* In the Air (2009)
* Karrabing! Low Tide Turning (2012)

Feature films

* Fernweh – The Opposite of Homesick (2000)
* Return (2011)
* Hateship, Loveship (2013)
* Elvis & Nixon (2016)
* Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)

Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 2015 | Good Girls Revolt | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | Feud | Episode: "More, or Less" |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2019 | Barry | Episode: "What?!" |
| 2019 | Sneaky Pete | Episode: "The Mask Drop" |
| 2019 | Silicon Valley | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | What We Do in the Shadows | Episode: "The Curse" |
| 2020 | Dead to Me | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Physical | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Episode: "The Truth" |
| 2023 | The Last of Us | Episode: "Left Behind" |
| 2023 | The Diplomat | 2 episodes |
