---
name: "Liza Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liza-johnson"
fi1m_id: "liza-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm1637785"
tmdb_id: 916958
wikidata_id: "Q1866610"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:32.979610+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."
---

# Liza Johnson

## Identity

Liza Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/liza-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** liza-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1637785
- **TMDB ID:** 916958
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1866610
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1866610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/916958

Director. Born 13 December 1970 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 December 1970, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Berg](https://film.one/person/alec-berg.md), [Gillian Robespierre](https://film.one/person/gillian-robespierre.md), [Loni Peristere](https://film.one/person/loni-peristere.md), [Maggie Carey](https://film.one/person/maggie-carey.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 74 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 76 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1866610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/916958

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85), [*Barry*](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) (85), [*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76), [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74), [*The Residence*](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md) (62)
- **Disney+:** [*Paradise*](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Liza Johnson (born 13 December 1970) is an American film and television director, producer and writer. She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, and studied at Williams College, graduating with a B.A. in Visual Arts in 1992, followed by an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1995.

Johnson has directed the feature films *Return* (2011), *Hateship, Loveship* (2013), *Elvis & Nixon* (2016) and *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024), as well as numerous short films. Her television directing credits include episodes of *The Last of Us* (2023), *The Diplomat* (2023–), *The Residence* (2025) and *Paradise* (2025). *Return* was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Paradise* (2025), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *The Residence* (2025), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md)
- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Residence* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md)
- *Paradise* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *The Franchise* (2024), series, Director
- *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024), Director
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Director
- *Physical* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Dead to Me* (2019), series, Director
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Director
- *Barry* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Room 104* (2017), series, Director, Writer
- *FEUD* (2017), series, Director
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Elvis & Nixon* (2016), Director
- *Good Girls Revolt* (2015), series, Director
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Director
- *When the Dogs Talked* (2014), Co-Producer
- *Hateship Loveship* (2014), Director, Executive Producer
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Karrabing! Low Tide Turning* (2012), Director
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *Return* (2011), Director, Writer
- *In The Air* (2009), Director, Producer
- *South of Ten* (2006), Writer, Producer, Director
- *The Stink of Flesh* (2005), as Macko

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