Liz Tomkins

Liz Tomkins
Born
Toowoomba, Queensland
OccupationFilm Producer

Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian film producer.[1]

She studied at Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2005, and later began work at Briz 31 Community Television, where among other roles she produced the station's flagship show Cinema. She subsequently left community television to pursue work on various films and TV series shot in Canada, South-East Queensland, and Far-North Queensland by companies including HBO,[2] FOX,[3] Dimeworth Films,[4] and Limelight International.[5]

By 2009, she changed course to pursue independent producing and began as Production Manager and publicist of a low-budget thriller Sleeper. The film was developed by Brisbane-based production company Seven8 Media [6] and was distributed in North America and Canada by Celebrity Home Entertainment.[7]

This would lead to her producing Screen Development Australia funded short film Tender[8] which she developed with its Queensland branch QPIX.

In 2012 Liz Tomkins and Judd Tilyard produced the short film Frame 137[9] which Tilyard also wrote and directed. The film is based on the comic of the same name crafted by The Crow creator James O'Barr[10] and the sound track features a collaboration of Iggy Pop's Dog Food by Dave Grohl and Nick Oliveri.[11] Other contributors to the sound track Norwegian punk rock musician Happy Tom and The Dwarves lead guitarist Marc Diamond.

  1. ^ "Liz Tomkins". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ "The Pacific: Guadalcanal/Leckie". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Terra Nova: Season 1, Episode 9 'Vs'". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Battleground". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ^ "K9". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ^ Edwards, Anna (22–23 March 2008), "Ex-Wrestler Wakes Up to Acting Role", The Courier Mail, p. 69
  7. ^ Sleeper DVD. worldcat.org. OCLC 802867581. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  8. ^ Suarez, Hannah. "QPIX". Brisbane Creative Industries. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Frame 137". Internet Movie Database.
  10. ^ "From the Beginning, 'The Crow' Had a Grim Side : Movies: James O'Barr's comic book might have adapted smoothly to the big screen, but it was spurred by personal tragedy". Los Angeles Times. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  11. ^ Donnelly, Justin. "Mondo Generator - Dog Food (Impedance Records)". www.blistering.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2012.