About

Liz Fields is an Asian-Australian-American writer and filmmaker who has lived in and traveled to 40 different countries across six continents. A Chinese adoptee raised by Australians in South East Asia, Liz has spent her life chasing stories that highlight the complex emotions surrounding displacement and characters seeking their identity, no matter the cost.

Her work across film and TV has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Gracie Award, a GLAAD Nomination, a James Beard Media Award, and Television Academy Honors, which recognizes exceptional programs and their producers who have leveraged the power of television to fuel social change. 

A former journalist, Liz first developed her reporting chops in the newsrooms of ABC and VICE, where she interviewed everyone from spies and drug dealers to preachers and insurgent groups. In 2016, Liz documented the insanity of the modern American condition as a presidential campaign embed, and went on to write, direct, and produce stories for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, PBS, and more.

Liz is a graduate of the New Writers Fellowship with CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and was featured on Austin Film Festival’s 15 Screenwriters to Watch list in 2022. Her episodic scripts have received finalist laurels from multiple major script competitions, including the Austin, Atlanta and Vail film festivals and her first feature, Belonging, won third prize at the CineStory Foundation Feature Fellowship awards in 2023. Liz recently wrote and directed Imperfect Match, a scripted audio series starring Arden Cho and Heather Matarazzo. 

Liz lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Zero Gravity Management.

Media

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Arden Cho to Star as Celebrity Matchmaker in Audio Rom-Com Series (Exclusive)

The lead of Netflix's 'Partner Track' has landed 'Imperfect Match,' debuting next month from audio-focused company Meet Cute.

EATER: Here Are the 2022 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners

Tonight, the James Beard Foundation announced its Media Award winners for 2022, the first awards doled out by the foundation after a two-year hiatus.

MOVIE MAGAZINE: Austin Film Festival’s 2022 Screenwriters To Watch List, Presented by MovieMaker

For a generation, the Austin Film Festival has honored some of the greatest storytellers in film and television. Now entering its 29th year of championing the story and its creators, AFF strives to continue to bring a new generation of writers into the spotlight because their work is cause for celebration. Once again partnering with MovieMaker, here are 15 screenwriters that have been given that spotlight. Read their stories. They are names you should know.

DEADLINE: CAPE New Writers Fellowship

The CAPE New Writers Fellowship (CNWF) discovers and nurtures emerging writers launching their careers in television and film. Founded and co-chaired by Emmy Award-winning Writer, Creator and Showrunner Leo Chu and veteran film and TV executive Steve Tao, the CAPE New Writers Fellowship is one of few writing programs in Hollywood created by a creative and an executive. This immersive Fellowship arms each writer with the practical and business knowledge they need to succeed as a professional writer in the entertainment industry.

Television Academy Honors

The 15th annual Television Academy Honors list is out, recognizing seven exceptional TV programs and their producers who used powerful and innovative storytelling to advance social change.

The programs representing some of the most significant and impactful television of 2021 are Black and Missing, Dopesick, Insecure, It’s a Sin, Reservation Dogs, Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition and The Year Earth Changed.

CINESTORY THIRD PRIZE WINNER

We’re thrilled to introduce our second and third place winners in the 2023 Feature Fellowship competition. Gina DeAngelis won second place for her screenplay THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH, and Liz Fields won third place for her screenplay BELONGING. Congratulations to them both!

(Pictured From left to right: Gina DeAngelis and Liz Fields)