Liz Canning Pro

Liz’s work has screened internationally, winning a 2021 LA Emmy Awar (Young Women Rising,  Director/Writer/Editor) and the 2006 Sundance Special Jury Prize (American Blackout, Editor/Co-Producer). Her feature directorial debut, MOTHERLOAD, has screened at over 500 venues globally, winning multiple awards. Liz's 1995 short, Handmirror/Brush Set Included was broadcast on PBS and at th Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The 2007 doc, Girls Rock!, was released in theaters nationwide and featured animated montages created by Liz to demonstrate cultural forces affecting young girls.

After graduating from Brown University’s Department of Modern Culture and Media in with a degree in Semiotics, Liz Canning moved to San Francisco to work as Art Director, Wardrobe, and actor on three feature films directed by fellow Brown alum and award-winning filmmaker Jon Moritsugu (including the the ITVS-funded Terminal USA).

In the 90’s Liz created video installations and curated film screenings at Artists Television Access, while teaching, writing and directing the film festival at Film Arts Foundation. Since 2000, Liz has worked as a freelance video editor, balancing documentary work with a wide range of commercial formats - from 15-second spots to 5-hour classes and everything inbetween. Find her portfolio and more at https://www.motherload-films.com.