LIZ DORAN's television writing credits include episodes for the Emmy Award winning, BAFTA nominated (Best Drama Series) UK drama series, Sugar Rush (Shine Ltd, Channel 4, 2006). She has also written for several prime-time Australian drama series including The Secret Life of Us (Southern Star, Network 10, 2002-4), The Alice (Southern Star, 9 Network, 2005) and McLeod's Daughters (Millennium Productions, 9 Network). She was one of the writers on Carla Cametti PD a new 6 x 1 hour drama series for TV network SBS, which went to air in February 2009, was the highest rating locally produced drama in SBS history and was nominated for an Australian Writers Guild Award.

She has several feature projects in development including, Valve, a mystery thriller for Porchlight Films (producer Vincent Sheehan, director Andrew Lancaster) and Chinese Whispers, a murder mystery set in Sydney in the 20’s which she is currently developing at the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam. She has worked as a script editor on projects as diverse as an animation series, television and film development for SBS Independent and various feature projects including The Square, producer Louise Smith, director Nash Edgerton, co-writers Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner released in Australia last year and due for US release in 2010. She is a graduate of the Australian Film and TV School (AFTRS).

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