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LIZ SARGENT

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LIZ SARGENT

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Liz Sargent is a Korean American adoptee and NY Emmy-winning writer/director. In her work Liz examines themes around adoption, disability and family. 


Liz incorporates her background as a choreographer into her commercial and experimental work with films that have premiered at Venice Biennale Danza and Lincoln Center.  Her short film STRANGERS’ REUNION was one of five films chosen by Ritz-Carlton and Hearst to be made with mentorship by Mike Figgis and production by RSA Hong Kong. 


She won a Reel Sisters Fellowship 2022, Asian Women Giving Circle 2020, winner of the CAPE Julia S Gouw Fellowship,  winner of the Korean American Stories ROAR Story Slam 2022, is in Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative Mentorship and was a top 3 finalist for the SeriesFest Shondaland Directing Mentorship 2022. 


Liz is a producer with Cyprian Films New York.


PRESS AND NEWS

CAPE & JANET YANG Grant & Fellowship

CAPE And Janet Yang Productions Announce Winners Of Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge.

DEADLINE ARTICLE

Korean American Story Slam

ROAR Story Slam is an annual live storytelling competition where six finalists specially selected from our submission pool, will perform their unique, creative and authentic Korean American story.

Announcement

Reel Sisters 2020 Fellowship Winners

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival is the first Academy Qualifying Festival for Short narratives devoted to showcasing films produced, directed and written by women of color. 

Announcement

REVIEW: Strangers' Reunion

" If Sargent keeps this up, she’ll be nominated for bigger awards."

REVIEW

NY EMMY AWARD : ARTS: PROGRAM/SPECIAL

Slow Down: River to River is an experimental documentary about the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 17th Annual River to River Festival. It features the work of Yoko Ono and Pam Tanowitz in addition to performances restaged for camera.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Ritz-Carlton / Behind the Scenes

Talking strangers and surreal experiences with writer and director Liz Sargent.

ARTICLE

Shondaland Mentorship Finalists

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MEET LIZ SARGENT, THE FILMMAKER BEHIND “SLOW DOWN: RIVER TO RIVER”

Ahead of the documentary’s premiere on the ALL ARTS streaming app and broadcast channel, we caught up with Sargent to discuss the film, what it means to slow down in New York City and the process of representing ephemeral art forms.

ARTICLE

NEW YORK TIMES: 5 Things To Do

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Pam Tanowitz & Liz Sargent Mark Time

Choreographer Pam Tanowitz and filmmaker Liz Sargent on the making of “DANCERS (Slightly Out of Shape)”

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Asian Women Giving Circle

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TAKE ME HOME

This new short film is a 

KICKSTARTER 'Project We love' 

and the winner for two grants & fellowships.

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