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Liz Doran

Liz Doran

Writer and producer

Liz Doran is an internationally acclaimed writer/producer known for her work on the much-loved shows, Please Like Me, Barons and Ready For This. Please Like Me and Ready for This were both nominated for International Emmy Awards and have been awarded multiple international and Australian awards. In 2025, as show-runner/writer, Liz completed shooting a new Netflix 6-part re-imagining of Miles Franklin's classic novel, My Brilliant Career, which will be released in 2026. Liz has worked as a writer for many drama series including Prosper, Dance Academy, Molly The Secret Life of Us. In 2020, she started Good Lark Productions and produced The Tailings, which screened on SBS On Demand and Topic (US), and went on to win the AACTA, SPA and AWGE awards for Best Short Form Fiction in 2022.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 15% in 30 days

What are Liz Doran's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Hopeful
3
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
1
Absurd
1
Other
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Liz Doran's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Liz Doran's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Dalliance(2026)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • My Brilliant Career(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Prosper(2024)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
  • Barons(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • The Tailings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • Zomboat!(2019)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
  • Doctor Doctor(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • Molly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer

  • Molly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Story · Writer

  • Ready for This (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · Creator · Writer

  • Love Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Please Like Me(2013)

    Show 32 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Businesswoman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Dance Academy(2010)

    Show 26 episodes · Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Rescue Special Ops(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • Carla Cametti PD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • The Square(2008)

    Script Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Stolen Life(2007)

    Editorial Consultant

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Three Chords and a Wardrobe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Continuity · Editor

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 1998 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 16: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleWriting12 of 16: 8 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stProducing4 of 16: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleEditing1 of 16: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew6 of 16: 2 only other crew, 4 with another role

16 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s7 · 1 acting · 7 crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Liz Doran work with?

People who share at least 2 of Liz Doran's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Cameron shares the most, 2.

Writers

Editors