Liz W. Garcia
{{short description|American television producer and writer (born 1977)}}
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Liz W. Garcia is an American television producer and writer.[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/liz-w-garcia/253388 Liz W. Garcia], TV Guide. Meg Garrett. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
Career
As a writer her credits include Dawson's Creek, Wonderfalls and Cold Case (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 and John J. Strauss in the 2002 film The New Guy.
In 2010, she co-created the TNT series Memphis Beat starring Jason Lee. She co-created the series with her husband, actor Joshua Harto.[http://community.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2010/06/08/liz-w-garcia-on-memphis-beat/ Liz W. Garcia - WesLive: Wesleyan's Community Blog] The series ended the following year after two seasons.
Garcia wrote and directed The Lifeguard, which began filming in July 2012 starring Kristen Bell.{{Cite web |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=July 17, 2012 |title=Kristen Bell To Star In 'The Lifeguard' |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/kristen-bell-casting-lifeguard-movie-302265/ |access-date=July 18, 2012 }} She also wrote and directed One Percent More Humid, starring Juno Temple and Julia Garner, which was released in 2017.
More recently, she signed an overall deal with Entertainment One.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2021-06-24|title=Liz W. Garcia Inks Overall Deal With Entertainment One|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/liz-w-garcia-overall-deal-entertainment-one-1234781342/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
Personal life
Garcia is a graduate of Wesleyan University. She married actor Joshua Harto in 2008,[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/fashion/weddings/12garcia.html Liz Garcia, Joshua Harto], NYT. Published 11 October 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2012. and they have a son together.{{cite web|title=The Lifeguard Director Liz W. Garcia|url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/60499-the-lifeguard-director-liz-w-garcia/|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=18 January 2013 }}
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External links
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Category:American television producers
Category:American women television producers
Category:American television writers
Category:Wesleyan University alumni
Category:American women television writers
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American writers of Mexican descent
Category:21st-century American women
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