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Liz

sargent

ABOUT

As a writer-director, Liz Sargent taps into her modern dance background and her own unique history to create inspired and compelling films.

Directorial

Universe

Liz illuminates authentic voices by capturing the nuances of human emotion and crafting narratives that resonate with audiences, whether in examining narratives, commercials that inspire,

or in documentaries that leave lasting impressions.

Strangers’ Reunion

“This film could have been silent and the emotion would still have been effectively delivered...”

Dan Nelson, Speaking Human

Having profound insights as an Asian American Adoptee who grew up with siblings with disabilities, Liz is able to cast and direct truly authentic performances by professional and non-actors, disabled actors, dancers and documentary subjects that evoke lived realities, challenging and captivating the viewer.

Liz’s deeply personal script for STRANGERS’ REUNION about an adoptee reunion won the Ritz-Carlton & Hearst competition and transcended language barriers as it connected wth audiences in six different languages.

WINNER

BEST DIRECTOR

Diversity in Cannes

BEST SCREENPLAY

Brand Film Festival London

WINNER: Ritz-Carlton & Hearst Screenplay & Production

PRODUCTION

RSA, Hong Kong

Gorilla Sound, London

Glassworks, London

Final Cut, New York

MENTORSHIP: Mike Figgis, Academy Nominee

Released Online in 6 languages around the world.

TAKE ME HOME

Her commitment to amplifying marginalized voices shines especially brightly in her narrative short film, “Take Me Home” where the story centers on and is played by a woman with a cognitive disability.

Liz’s emphasis on communication both on-screen and behind the scenes, empowers her lead disabled actor and the entire cast and crew to bring an authentic narrative to life.

WINNER

RELEASE

LAAPFF - Golden Reel BEST SHORT

deadCenter Film Festival - SPECIAL JURY BEST SHORT

Desertscape FF - SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Cinema Touching Disability - BEST SHORT

Chicago Int. Children’s FF - BEST SHORT

Gold List #100

Sundance, SXSW, Delta Airlines, Theatrical Tour

The award winning short/proof of concept has screened at over 42 festivals along with a theatrical tour with Sundance Shorts, Delta In-Flight Entertainment and a limited online release on Omeleto, Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week.

“Take Me Home is a film drenched with love: unexpected, fulfilling, and necessary love that comes with growing up, maturity, and realizing your own potential.”

Joey Moser, Awards Daily

DANCE

Drawing on training in modern dance at North Carolina School of the Arts, Liz’s commercial and experimental works pulse with energy and movement.

Her work for PBS/ALL ARTS earned her two NEW YORK .

EMMYS

Liz has collaborated with renowned brands, institutions and nonprofit organizations.

Ritz-Carlton, Hearst

TUMI

Julliard

The Rockefeller Foundation

PBS/ALLARTS

Oxfam America

Oxfam International

Control Arms Coalition

American Hellenic Institute

The Swiss National Science Foundation

LA County Museum of Art

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

The Cameron Kravitt Foundation

Brooklyn Arts Press

Brooklyn Poets

Northside Town Hall

Watershed Collaborative

Visual Thinking Strategies

Jacob’s Pillow

Warner Music

Roadrunner Records

Music Box Films

Roland Foods

Estée Lauder

Clinique

Dolce & Gabbana

The NY Review of Books

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

The National Herald

Bite Size Kitchen

Pam Tanowitz Dance

Eiko Otake

New York City Greek Film Festival

Cyprus Tourism Organization

Cyprus Symphony Orchestra

SAMPLES

FLOWSTATE:

North Brooklyn artists

Sophia Kayafas and Sophia Wallace put together Wallace’s neon light installation “I am the Utterance of my Name” while they discuss her “Cliteracy” project.