Elizabeth Maree Tomkins
Quick Facts
Biography
Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian film producer credited as 'Liz Tomkins'.
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, FOX, Dimeworth Films, and Limelight International.
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 Mediaand was distributed in North America and Canada by Celebrity Home Entertainment.
This would lead to her producing Screen Development Australia funded short film Tender which she developed with its Queensland branch QPIX.
In 2012 Liz Tomkins and Judd Tilyard produced the short film Frame 137 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 and the sound track features a collaboration of Iggy Pop's Dog Food by Dave Grohl and Nick Oliveri. Other contributors to the sound track Norwegian punk rock musician Happy Tom and The Dwarves lead guitarist Marc Diamond.
Filmography
Feature Film
- Sleeper (2009 film) Production Manager
TV Series
- Hoax (2014) Producer
- Cinema (2006) Producer
Short Film
- Frame 137 (2012) Producer
- Tender (2012) Producer
- "Sleeper". International Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- "Frame 137". International Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- "Tender". International Movie Database. Retrieved 23 December 2012.