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Liz May MBA

Email: [email protected]

Liz is a commercial and motion picture producer from Toronto, ON. A graduate of both film and business schools, Liz has a keen eye for entertainment, high production value, and marketability while staying on-budget. She holds an Honours BA in Communications, Media, and Film with a minor in Drama from the University of Windsor, and an MBA from Windsor’s Odette School of Business. Liz has experience assistant directing motion pictures and television series in the Director’s Guild of Canada, produced content for the Canadian Film Centre, and has been line producing and supervising commercials for the past three years with Grip Limited’s in-house production company Sound + Picture.

Selected Filmography

Commercials
1st Assistant Director
ACTRA AFBS — Good Cop, Bad Cop (2015)
Mimetic Entertainment
dir. Gavin Michael Booth
Promotional Video
Daily AD
BMW — The Escape (2016)
Spy Films
dir. Neill Blomkamp
Commercial Short Film
Line Producer & 1st Assistant Director
The Terry Fox Foundation — Highway (August 2017)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Ben Steele
1 x 30s Broadcast Commercial
Line Producer & 1st Assistant Director
Honda Parts & Service — We Live and Breathe This Stuff (October 2017)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jesse Hunt
6 x 10-20s Online Commercial Videos
Line Producer
ecobee — ecobee x TAF Retrofit Videos (December 2017)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jesse Hunt
60s Doc-Style Promotional Video
Line Producer
KFC — STFUp (December 2017)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
2 x 15s Broadcast Commercials + OOH Photography
Line Producer
Taco Bell — Naked Chicken Chips "Extra Menu" (January 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jesse Hunt
Experiential Event + 60s OLV + 15s Instagram Story
Line Producer
Nature Clean - Stinkbomb — Spray My Bag (June 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Anton Ratinsky & Jeff Collins
60s OLV + 4x10s Pre-Roll Spots
Line Producer
Honda Parts & Service — We've Always Lived and Breathed This Stuff (Spring 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
5 x 10-20s OLVs
Line Producer
Taco Bell — Naked Chicken Chalupa (April 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Michael Alberstat
15s TV Commercial
Line Producer
Taco Bell — Bacon Ranch Ranch (April 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Trevor Gourley
1x15s TV Commercial, 3x15s OLVs, + 4x6s Pre-Roll
Supervising Producer & 1st Assistant Director
RBC Apple Pay — Ice Cream & Puddle (August 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
2 x 15s OLVs + 6s Pre-Roll Cut-downs
1st Assistant Director
Acura — NSX Hype Video (August 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Will Barber
40s Online Car Commercial
Supervising Producer & 1st Assistant Director
Taco Bell — Double Cheesy Gordita Crunch - "Meativation" (August 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Trevor Gourley & Julia Morra
5 x 6s Pre-Roll Ads + 21min. Instagram TV Episode
Line Producer, 1st Assistant Director
Acura — MDX Tear A-Round (September 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Will Barber
2 x 15s TV Commercials + 35s Extended OLV
Supervising Producer
Honda Parts & Service — The Driver (October 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
60s OLV
Supervising Producer
RBC Rewards — Not Home For The Holidays (October 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Janek Lowe
2m25s Sponsored Content OLV
Supervising Producer
KFC — Festive Double Bucket - A Colonel's Carol (November 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
1 x 15s TV spot + OLV
Supervising Producer
KFC — Mighty Bucket for One "Just Me" (November 2018)
Grip Sound & Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
15s OLV
Producer
Taco Bell — "Slide Thru" (March 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
Experiential Marketing Event - Produced site build, event logistics and run-of-show + video capture
Supervising Producer
RBC — RBC 150 (April 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. Janek Lowe
Cross-Canada Docu video featuring how 4 RBC employees made $150 count in celebration of RBC's 150th anniversary
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
KFC — Window 5 Broadcast Spots (June 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jono Lawley
3 x 15s broadcast commercials
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
Taco Bell — Double Quesarito (July 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. James Gardner
1 x 15s broadcast commercial + OLV
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
KFC — Window 6 & 7 Broadcast Spots (August 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jono Lawley
2 x 10s Broadcast commercials + OLV
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
Acura — "Anti-Aging" - Certified Pre-Owned (October 2019)
Sound + Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
2 x 15s OLV's + Social Outputs
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
RBC — My Advisor 2020 Campaign (January 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
2 x 15s OLV's (EN + FR) + Social Outputs
Supervising Producer
RBC — Mobile 365 Digital Campaign (January 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jerk Store
5 x 15s OLVs
Supervising Producer
RBC — Direct Investing Campaign 2020 (January 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Janek Lowe
1 x 60s OLV + 3 x 15s cut downs
Supervising Producer
Taco Bell - Grande Stacker — "Stacked Up" (February 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Eric Yealland
1 x 15s Broadcast Commercial
Supervising Producer
Square — 2020 Ecosystem (February 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Rich Pryce-Jones
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
RBC — RBC x TIFF Women in Film (September 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Simone Stock
1 x 30s broadcast commercial + 4 x 15s Cinema Pre-Roll
Supervising Producer
RBC + Apple — PBA iPad "The Sink" and "The Cake" (October 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. The Jerk Store
2 x 30s (EN + FR), 2 x 15s (EN + FR) OLVs
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
RBC — Newcomer Advantage (October 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. The Jerk Store
2 x 30s (EN + FR), 2 x 15s (EN + FR) OLVs
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
Freshii — Dinner Plates "Night Mode" (November 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jono Lawley
1 x 15s Broadcast Commercial
Supervising Producer
Taco Bell — Super Loaded Taco Fries (December 2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
:06, :15, :30 OLVs + Instagram Stories
Supervising Producer, Line Producer
RBC — Home Protector "Dog Days" (Spring 2021)
Sound + Picture
dir. Janek Lowe
30s EN + FR OLVs + 20s In-Branch CCTV
Series / Television
Set PA - Splinter Unit
Suits (April 2016)
(Season 6)
Universal Television Enterprises
Daily AD
The Expanse (May 2016)
(Season 2)
Alcon Television
Set PA
Gangland Undercover (May — June 2016)
(Season 2)
Cineflix Media Inc.
Daily AD
American Gothic (July 2016)
CBS Studios Inc.
Set PA
Saving Hope (July — October 2016)
(Season 5)
E1 Television Productions Inc.
Set PA - 2nd Unit
Private Eyes (January 2017)
(Season 2)
E1 Television Productions Inc.
2nd Assistant Director
Guilt Free Zone (July 2017)
(Season 3)
APTN / Big Soul Productions Inc.
13 x 30min. Episodes
3rd AD
The Next Step - Talking Heads (TBD 2020)
(Season 7)
Boat Rocker Media
Features
Production Assistant
Inside "The Judge" (2014)
Warner Bros. Entertainment
dir. Josh Oreck
DVD Special Features Documentary
Assistant Director
Late Night Double Feature (2016)
Three Evil Cats Productions
dir. Torin Langen, Navin Ramaswaran, Zachary Ramelan, Kelly Michael Stewart, Jason Tannis
1st Assistant Director
Dead Rush (2016)
Ruthless Pictures
dir. Zachary Ramelan
AWARD WINNER: Canadian Film Festival 2016: Audience Choice
1st Assistant Director
White Night (2016)
Multiname Productions Inc.
dir. D.Slater, P. Bergeron, M.Purdy, & S.Atkins
1st Assistant Director
It’s Hard to be Human (2017)
Juniper Islands Films
dir. Valerie Buhagiar
Daily AD
State Like Sleep (2018)
Sight Unseen Pictures, Code Red Productions, Scythia Films
dir. Meredith Danluck
1st Assistant Director
Sideboob (2018)
High Star Entertainment
dir. Richard Rotter
Line Producer / 1st Assistant Director
Goliath (2019)
OPC / Twin 27 Productions
dir. Luke Villemaire
Daily 4th AD - Trailers
Night Raiders (2020 TBC)
Eagle Vision, Alcina Pictures
dir. Danis Goulet
Short / Web Series
Producer
Someone Not There (2014)
Sunday Afternoon Productions
dir. Sherren Lee
AWARD WINNER: LA Web Series Festival 2014 (9 awards) for: Outstanding Series, Writing, Directing, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Score, Sound Design, Cinematography & Editing; UMFF 2014 (2 awards) for: Best Web Series, Best Romantic Web Series; DC Web Fest 2014 (1 award): Silver Award Winner
Line Producer
Dhaliwal ‘15 (2015)
Get the Ball to Dhaliwal 2015 Productions Inc.
dir. Amita Zamaan
IPF-Funded Web Series
Producer / 1st Assistant Director
Gratuitous Behaviour (2016)
(Season 0)
Liz May Films / Stratasfear Productions
dir. R. Stephenson Price
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Dances With Films 2017; Canada Independent Film Festival AWARD NOMINEE: Maverick Movie Awards 2017 — Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music
Daily 1st Assistant Director
Short Term Sentence (2019)
(Season 1)
Bobby F. Productions Inc.
dir. K. Clayton & P. Moniz
IPF-Funded Web Series
Supervising Producer
RBCxMusic Music Makes You Open Up (2019)
Sound+Picture
dir. Jake Killorn
Branded Content Interview Series for RBC Featuring Livenation Musical Artists
Supervising Producer
RBC Money IRL (2018-2020)
Sound + Picture
dir. Various
Branded Content Series sponsored by RBC where youth celebrities have honest conversations about money.
Shorts
1st Assistant Director
Mature Young Adults (2015)
Kit Media
dir. Kent Nolan
BravoFACT Short Film
1st Assistant Director
Love in the Age of Like (2016)
Who is Hannah Productions
dir. Theodore Bezaire
BravoFact Short
1st Assistant Director
Driving Ian (2016)
Kicking Tire Films
dir. Patrick Hodgson
Producer / 2nd Assistant Director
Overachieving Underdogs (2016)
Panic Attack Central
dir. Patrick Hodgson
Web Pilot + Teaser
1st Assistant Director
Lariat (2016)
Blackout Media
dir. Charlie Hamilton, Zachary Ramelan
Production Manager
Misinformed (2017)
Stratasfear Productions
dir. R. Stephenson Price
OFFICIAL SELECTION: TO Short Film Festival 2017, Cinéfest Sudbury 2017 (Best in Shorts), Canada Shorts 2018 (Award of Distinction)
2nd Assistant Director
What About Shelley (2017)
Volk Entertainment
dir. Kyle Reaume
BravoFact Short
1st Assistant Director
His Name Is Willy (2017)
Canadian Film Centre
dir. Liz Cairns
Producer / 1st Assistant Director
Agatha Rose Penelope Fern (2018)
dir. Enrico Ferri
1st Assistant Director
Love After Death (2017)
Daley Dose Films, Gingerbeard Productions
dir. Eli Weinstein
Producer
Hypostasis (2018)
Aethireal Pictures
dir. Cameron Murton
Producer
Woodland (2018)
Blackout Media, Liz May Films
dir. Tim Dotan
Producer / 1st Assistant Director
Tempor Tempor (TBA)
Stratasfear Productions
dir. R. Stephenson Price
AWARD FINALIST: Best Villain - Frights! Camera! Action! Screenplay and Film Contest 2018
1st Assistant Director
Tales of an Urban Indian (TBA)
Big Soul Prouctions Inc.
dir. Darrell Dennis
Proof of Concept Short Film
1st Assistant Director
Balance Owing (2018)
Canadian Film Centre
dir. Karen Chapman
Short Film
Music Videos
1st Assistant Director
DCF — "Jealous/Happy Child" (2014)
Part & Parcel Co.
dir. Nicole Powell
Production Manager / Art Director
Gavin Slate — "Hold You Close" (2015)
Mimetic Entertainment
dir. Gavin Michael Booth
Production Coordinator / 1st Assistant Director
Goodnight Sunrise — "Liar Liar" (2015)
Stratasfear Productions
dir. R. Stephenson Price
1st Assistant Director
Friday Night Trend — "Wasted Youth" (2015)
Part & Parcel Co.
dir. Nicole Powell
1st Assistant Director
Mormor — "Live for Nothing" (2015)
Part & Parcel Co.
dir. Nicole Powell
1st Assistant Director
HIGHS — "I Do, Do You" (2016)
Part & Parcel Co.
dir. Nicole Powell
1st Assistant Director
The Arkells — "Private School" (2016)
Revolver Films Inc.
dir. Steve Jocz
1st Assistant Director
Dragonette — "Lonely Heart" (2016)
Revolver Films Inc.
dir. Sammy Rawal
1st Assistant Director
Hannah Georgas — "Evelyn" (2016)
Revolver Films Inc.
dir. Sammy Rawal

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