Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian film producer. She studied at

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, 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

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, 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 Media and 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

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. In 2012 Liz Tomkins and

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produced the short film ''

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'' which Tilyard also wrote and directed. The film is based on the comic of the same name crafted by ''

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'' creator

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and the sound track features a collaboration of

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's ''Dog Food'' by

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and

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. Other contributors to the sound track Norwegian punk rock musician

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and ''

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'' lead guitarist

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Filmography

Feature Film

* '' Sleeper (2009 film)'' Production Manager

TV Series

''Hoax''
(2014) Producer * ''Cinema'' (2006) Producer

Short Film

* ''

'' (2012) Producer * '' Tender'' (2012) Producer

References

External links

Official Site

Youtube

Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomkins, Liz 1982 births Living people Griffith University alumni Australian film producers People from Brisbane