Liz W. Garcia is an American

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and

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Career

As a writer her credits include ''

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'', ''

Wonderfalls ''Wonderfalls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004. The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University grad ...

'' and ''

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'' (also executive story editor and consulting producer). Garcia's film credits include working as a production assistant on the 1988 film '' Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. She was also an assistant to

Ed Decter Edward Ichabod "Ed" Decter (born May 19, 1959) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Early life and education Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Decter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1979. Career His credits include, ...

and

John J. Strauss John Jerome Strauss (born May 12, 1957) is an American Television producer, producer and writer of film and television. He has written and produced for the television series ''Boy Meets World'' (and known as the writer who came up with the char ...

in the 2002 film ''

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''. In 2010, she co-created the

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series ''

Memphis Beat ''Memphis Beat'' is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Joshua Harto and Liz W. Garcia that aired on TNT from June 22, 2010 to August 16, 2011, with a total of 20 episodes spanning two seasons. It was produced by Smokeho ...

'' starring

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. She co-created the series with her husband, actor

Joshua Harto Joshua Denver Harto (born January 9, 1979) is an American actor, television producer and writer. Early life and education Harto was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He is a graduate of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Career As an actor ...

.Liz W. Garcia - WesLive: Wesleyan's Community Blog
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The Lifeguard ''The Lifeguard'' is a 2013 American drama produced, written, and directed by Liz W. Garcia, and starring Kristen Bell and David Lambert. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was released via video on demand on July 30, ...

'', which began filming in July 2012 starring

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky That ...

. She also wrote and directed ''

One Percent More Humid ''One Percent More Humid'' is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Liz W. Garcia. The film stars Juno Temple, Julia Garner, Alessandro Nivola, Maggie Siff, Olivia Luccardi and Philip Ettinger. Plot Catherine and Iris, who were chi ...

'', starring

Juno Temple Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films ''Notes on a Scandal'' (2006), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008), ''The Three Musketeers'' (2011), ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), '' Mag ...

and

Julia Garner Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series ''Ozark'' (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emm ...

, which was released in 2017. More recently, she signed an overall deal with Entertainment One.

Personal life

Garcia is a graduate of

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

. She married actor

in 2008, and they have a son together.

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