---
name: "Liz Watts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liz-watts"
fi1m_id: "liz-watts"
imdb_id: "nm0915192"
tmdb_id: 61625
wikidata_id: "Q6660328"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T05:01:33.037790+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Liz Watts

## Identity

Liz Watts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/liz-watts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** liz-watts
- **IMDb ID:** nm0915192
- **TMDB ID:** 61625
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6660328
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Watts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6660328, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61625

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (2), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, History 2, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Watts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6660328, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61625

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Animal Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*The Royal Hotel*](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Liz Watts is an Australian film and television producer. She is best known for producing David Michôd's *Animal Kingdom* (2010).

In 1997 she co-founded Porchlight Films with Vincent Sheehan and Anita Sheehan; the company operated until 2020. She later established Spirit Pictures and in 2021 entered a first-look deal with Matchbox Pictures. In December 2021 she was appointed head of film and television for See-Saw Films' Australian operations.

Her other producing credits include *Lore* (2012), *The Rover* (2014), *Mary Magdalene* (2018), *The King* (2019), *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019) and *The Royal Hotel* (2023). She received a Churchill Fellowship in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Tenzing* (2026), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tenzing.md)
- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)
- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *The King* (2019), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tenzing* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/tenzing.md)
- *Souvenir* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)
- *Laid* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *The Twelve* (2022), series, Producer
- *Preppers* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Fires* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Fisk* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Operation Buffalo* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Undertow* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Stateless* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), Producer
- *The King* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *Mary Magdalene* (2018), Producer
- *Jasper Jones* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Animal Kingdom* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *The Rover* (2014), Producer
- *Dead Europe* (2012), Producer
- *Lore* (2012), Producer
- *The Hunter* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Laid* (2011), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)
- *Prime Mover* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Home Song Stories* (2007), Producer
- *Little Fish* (2005), Producer
- *Martha's New Coat* (2003), Producer
- *Walking on Water* (2002), Producer
- *Delivery Day* (2002), Producer
- *Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy* (1990), Gaffer
- *Wizards!*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Liz Watts](https://film.one/media/person/15637/gallery-8e555c503372.jpg) Liz Watts — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Liz_Watts.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Crew of w:Laid (TV series) at 1st AACTA Awards 2012. Left to right: Liz Watts, Alison Bell, w:Marieke Hardy, Celia Pacquola and Kirsty Fisher The 1st AACTA Awar](https://film.one/media/person/15637/gallery-8cbe7c5fb865.jpg) Crew of w:Laid (TV series) at 1st AACTA Awards 2012. Left to right: Liz Watts, Alison Bell, w:Marieke Hardy, Celia Pacquola and Kirsty Fisher The 1st AACTA Awar — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/AACTA_AWARDS_%286699500731%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 4 nominated

- AACTA Award for Best Film 2013: AACTA Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Dead Europe*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2013: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (won), for *Lore*
- AACTA Award for Best Film 2012: AACTA Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Lore*
- AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy Series 2011: AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy Series (won), for *Laid*
- AACTA Award for Best Film 2010: AACTA Award for Best Film (won), for *Animal Kingdom*
- AFI Members' Choice Award 2010: AFI Members' Choice Award (won), for *Animal Kingdom*
- AACTA Award for Best Film 2007: AACTA Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Home Song Stories*
- AACTA Award for Best Film 2005: AACTA Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Little Fish*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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