Liz Mullane
Liz was recently invited into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - The Oscars
- Locations
- Wellington
Bio
Like many Casting directors Liz started her career as an actor, training at the NZ National Drama school in 1984. She fell into casting after working as an actor in Peter Jacksons zombie horror film Brain Dead when he asked her to cast his film Heavenly Creatures which launched Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey’s careers. Since then she has worked with Peter on all his projects from The Frighteners starring Michael J Fox, to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and onto King Kong, The Lovely Bones, The Hobbit and Mortal Engines.
Liz has worked on many films and television productions both small and big budgets including The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Bridge to Terebithia, Pete's Dragon, The Waterhorse, Avatar, 30 Days of Night, The Meg, Yogi Bear and many more.
Liz believes it is her background as an actor that makes her a good casting director because she understands nerves and the pressure of auditions. She runs numerous screen acting workshops throughout the year giving actors honest insight into the industry and shares many tips to help hopefully make the process of auditioning less daunting and more enjoyable.
Experience
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTING DIRECTOR: more information available on IMDB | |||
| 2023 | Forgive us All | dir: Jordana Stott | |
| 2022 | Attachment Theory - Short | Wingnut Films, dir: Katie Jackson | |
| 2021 | Don't Make Me Go | Amazon, dir: Hannah Marks | |
| 2020 | Poppy | dir: Linda Nichol, pro: Robin Laing | |
| 2020 | My Life is Murder - 3 Seasons | Greenstone Pictures, pro: Mark Beasley & Lucy Lawless | |
| 2020 | Mr Corman | Apple 24 - dir: Joseph Gordon Levitt | |
| 2020 | Under the Vines - 3 Seasons | Acorn TV, dir: Various | |
| 2019 | The Justice of Bunny King | dir: Gaysorn Thavat, prod: Emma Slade | |
| 2019 | Black Christmas | Blumhouse, dir: Sarah Takal | |
| 2019 | Only Cloud Knows | dir: Feng Xiaogang | |
| 2018 | Low Down Dirty Criminals | dir: Paul Murphy | |
| 2017 | Mortal Engines | dir: Christian Rivers, pro: Peter Jackson | |
| 2016 | Mistress Mercy | Gibson Group, dir: Mike Smith | |
| 2016 | The Meg | Warner Bros, dir: Jon Turtletaub | |
| 2015 | Ghost in the Shell | Dreamworks, dir: Rupert Sanders | |
| 2015 | Pete's Dragon | Disney, dir: David Lowrey | |
| 2014 | The Light Between Oceans | Dreamworks, dir: Derek Cianfance | |
| 2013 | The Deadlands | dir: Toa Fraser | |
| 2011 | The Hobit | Warner Bros, dir: Pter Jackson | |
| 2009 | Yogi Bear | Warner Bros, dir: Eric Brevig | |
| 2008 | Separations City | dir: Paul Middleditch | |
| 2008 | District 9 | dir: Neill Blomkamp, pro: Peter Jackson | |
| 2008 | The Lovely Bones | dir: Peter Jackson | |
| 2007 | The Laundry Warrior | dir: Sngmoo Lee, pro: Barrie Osborne | |
| 2007 | Underworld 3 | dir: Patrick Tatopolous | |
| 2007 | Show of Hands | dir: Anthony McCarten | |
| 2007 | Avatar | dir: James Cameron, pro: Jon Landau | |
| 2006 | 30 Days of Night | dir: David Slade, pro: Rob Tapert | |
| 2006 | The Waterhorse | dir: Jay Russell, pro: Barrie Osborne | |
| 2005 | Black Sheep | dir: Jonathan King | |
| 2005 | Bridge to Terabibithia | Walden Media, dir: Gabor Csupo | |
| 2004-2005 | King Kong | Universal Studios, dir: Peter Jackson | |
| 2005 | The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe | Disney/Walden - dir: Andrew Adamson | |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros, dir: Ed Zwick | |
| 2003 | Without a Paddle | Paramount Pictures, dir: Steve Brill | |
| 1998-2003 | The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | New Line Cinema, dir: Peter Jackson | |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Preston Films, dir: Gaylene Preston | |
| 1995 | The Frighteners | Universal Pictures, dir: Peter Jackson | |
| 1993 | Heavenly Creatures | Wingnut Films, dir: Peter Jackson | |
| AWARDS: | |||
| 2021 | Invited to join the Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences - The Oscars in the casting division | ||
| TRAINING: | |||
| 1998 | Loose Moose Theatresports School Canada | ||
| 1984-1986 | New Zealand Drama School |