Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian film producer. She studied at Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2005, and later began work at

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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 Nick Oliveri. Other contributors to the sound track Norwegian punk rock musician Happy Tom and '' The Dwarves'' lead guitarist

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Filmography

Feature Film

* ''

Sleeper (2009 film) ''Outback Revenge'' (original limited released as ''Sleeper'') is a 2012 Australian action horror film that was written and directed by Dru Brown and produced by Judd Tilyard. It features Bruce Hopkins and Scott "Raven" Levy. Plot Brutal ...

'' Production Manager

TV Series

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

Short Film

* ''

'' (2012) Producer * ''

Tender Tender may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''Illegal Tender'' (2007), a film directed by Franc. Reyes * ''Tender'' (2012), a short film by Liz Tomkins * ''Tender'' (2019), a short film by Darryl Jones and Anthony Lucido * ''Tender'' (2019), a sh ...

'' (2012) Producer

References

External links

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