Liz Richards

LIZ RICHARDS is a filmmaker and video installation artist whose work focuses on the intersection of physical process and concept. She holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Millersville University, an MA in Women’s Studies from SUNY Buffalo, and an MFA in Film and Video from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY.

In Buffalo, NY, Liz worked as a theater lighting designer and was nominated for an award for her work. She also worked in television and web production at WGBH in Boston for the PBS history series American Experience. During her time in Pittsburgh, Liz was a professor in the Cinema Department at Point Park University and was presented the 2009 Excellence in Filmmaking award by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the international organization, Women in Film and Media. Liz currently resides in Albany, NY where she is teaching film studies and production in the Department of Communications at The College of Saint Rose. She has had over 70 national and international screenings of her work in such places as Japan, Serbia, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and France.