Liza Richardson

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Liza Richardson is a music supervisor for numerous films and TV shows, and served as a DJ at KNON then KERA in Dallas, Texas, then KCRW, an eclectic music and NPR news radio station based in Santa Monica, California.{{cite web |title=Official Site of Liza Richardson |url=https://www.lizarichardson.tv/}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724680/|title=Liza Richardson|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcrw.com/people/liza-richardson|title=Liza Richardson|website=KCRW|date=16 July 2020 }} She frequently publishes playlists related to her project soundtracks, as well as mixtapes featuring world music, roots, dance, hip hop and jazz, to her Spotify profile.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/user/oqa7xstg3b04ocgdaxumei4fx?si=VEQuN5WBRcOajJxtMKnPEg|title=Liza Richardson|website=Spotify}}

Along with her team at Mad Doll Music, Liza has music supervised small screen classics like Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, The Leftovers, Watchmen and Hawaii Five-0. Currently she helms Narcos: Mexico, Lovecraft Country, Barry, Outer Banks, The Morning Show, Queen Sugar, Bull and The Rookie.

Liza’s credits also include the first handful of iPod silhouette spots, films Spenser Confidential, Why Him?, A Dog's Purpose, Lords of Dogtown, Surf's Up, The Kids Are All Right and quintessential Mexican gem Y Tu Mama Tambien.{{cite web |title=Official Site of Liza Richardson |url=https://www.lizarichardson.tv/}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724680/|title=Liza Richardson|website=IMDb}}

In 2002, Richardson starred in one of the popular Apple Switch ad campaign commercials.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/22819/liza-richardson/apple|title=Apple - "Liza Richardson"}} In 2003, she was nominated for a Grammy for her work in compiling the soundtrack for Y Tu Mama Tambien.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/liza-richardson/15215|title=Liza Richardson|date=23 November 2020}} In February 2007, she was the first DJ to perform for the Academy Awards ceremony.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/fashion/18nite.html|title=Strike up the Turntable|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 February 2007|last1=Corcoran|first1=Monica}} In 2020, Richardson was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Watchmen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020|title = Nominees / Winners 2020}}

Richardson studied dance at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, attended Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and obtained a BFA in Theater and Dance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.{{cite web |title=Official Site of Liza Richardson |url=https://www.lizarichardson.tv/}}