Liz Doran

Liz Doran
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
Years active2002–present

Liz Doran is an Australian screenwriter and producer based in Sydney, New South Wales. She is known for her work as a writer on the AACTA Award-winning comedy-drama Please Like Me, and as co-creator, head writer, and executive producer of the drama series Barons. She is currently attached as executive producer, writer, and showrunner on the Netflix adaptation My Brilliant Career.

Career

Doran developed and served as executive producer, writer, and showrunner on the TV series My Brilliant Career, an adaptation of Miles Franklin's novel, produced for Netflix.[1] She also wrote on Grown Ups, a drama series created by Samantha Strauss and based on Marian Keyes' novel of the same name, produced for Netflix UK.[2]

Doran served as a writer for Please Like Me,[3] a comedy-drama series for ABC (Australia) and Pivot Network.[4] The series won the AACTA Award for Best Comedy[5] and received nominations at the International Emmy Awards,[6] the Rose d'Or Awards,[6] the GLAAD Media Awards,[6] and the Logie Awards.[6] Doran was a joint winner of an AWGIE Award for the episode "Portuguese Custard Tarts" in Season 1, co-written with Josh Thomas and Thomas Ward.[7] The Season 4 episode "Burrito Bowl", which she co-wrote with Josh Thomas and Thomas Ward, was shortlisted for the Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting at the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.[8]

Doran was co-creator, head writer, and executive producer of the drama series Barons. The series received a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Miniseries.[9] In 2020, she produced the short-form online series The Tailings, a six-part series for SBS, which won the AACTA Award for Best Short Form Drama in 2021.[10]

Doran wrote for the Stan Original series Prosper.[11] She wrote on Series 1 through 5 of Doctor Doctor,[12] and was the Co-creator and writer of Episode 1 of the two-part Channel 7 miniseries Molly, based on the life of music critic Ian "Molly" Meldrum.[13] She was co-creator, script producer, and head writer on the ABC series Ready for This, which received a nomination at the International Emmy Awards.[14]

Her other television credits include episodes of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (ABC), Rescue Special Ops, The Secret Life of Us, Carla Cametti PD, McLeod's Daughters,[15] and the UK drama series Sugar Rush, which won an International Emmy Award [16] and received a BAFTA nomination.[17][18] Doran served as series story editor and writer for Seasons 1 to 3 of Dance Academy, a children's drama series for the ABC.[19]

Doran has also worked as a script editor on film projects, including The Square, directed by Nash Edgerton, produced by Louise Smith, and co-written by Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner.[20]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes television productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Creator Writer Executive
producer		 Notes
2002–05 The Secret Life of Us No Yes No
2004 Love Bytes No Yes No
2005 The Alice No Yes No
2006 Sugar Rush No Yes No
2008 McLeod's Daughters No Yes No
2009 Carla Cametti PD No Yes No
Rescue: Special Ops No Yes No
2010–13 Dance Academy No Yes No
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries No Yes No
2013–16 Please Like Me No Yes Script
producer		 Also acted in one episode
2014 Love Child No Yes No
2015 Ready for This Yes Yes Script
producer		 Also acted in one episode
2016 Molly No Yes No
2016–21 Doctor Doctor No Yes No
2019 Zomboat! No Yes No
2021 The Tailings No No Producer
2022 Barons Yes Yes Yes
2024 Prosper No Yes No
2026 My Brilliant Career Developer Yes Yes [1]
TBA Grown Ups † No Yes No [2]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Project Result Ref.
2012 AWGIE Awards Children's Television Dance Academy Nominated [21]
2013 Comedy – Situation or Narrative Please Like Me ("Portuguese Custard Tarts") Won (joint) [22]
Comedy – Situation or Narrative Please Like Me ("Spanish Eggs") Nominated
2018NSW Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting Please Like Me ("Burrito Bowl") Shortlisted [23]
2021 AACTA Awards Best Short Form Drama The Tailings Won [24]
2022 Best Miniseries Barons Nominated [25]

References

  1. 1 2 "My Brilliant Career Series Adaptation Now in Production in South Australia". Netflix. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "What To Know About 'Grown Ups', Netflix's Upcoming Series With Sarah Greene and Robert Sheehan". What's on Netflix. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Dexter, John. "Please Like Me Writer Liz Doran is A Tragic For Comedy". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Liz Doran". IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Please Like Me". Guesswork Television. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Please Like Me". Guesswork Television. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Australian writing celebrated at the 2013 AWGIE Awards". Australian Arts Review. 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2018 Shortlists" (PDF). State Library of New South Wales. 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "2022 AACTA Awards: winners". TV Tonight. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "2021 AACTA Awards Winners Announced". AACTA. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Frater, Patrick (31 March 2023). "Richard Roxburgh, Rebecca Gibney Star in 'Prosper,' Lionsgate-Stan Series on Corruption of Religious Power". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Liz Doran". Cameron's Management. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Liz Doran". Cameron's Management. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Liz Doran". IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Liz Doran". Cameron's Management. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "International Emmy Awards Winners Archive". International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "International Emmy Awards Winners Archive". International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series". BAFTA. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Dance Academy – Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "The Square – Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Liz Doran - Awards - IMDb". IMDB. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "The 2013 Annual AWGIE Awards Winners". Australian Writers' Guild. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Shortlists Announced". Australian Arts Review. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  24. ↑ "Winners & Nominees | AACTA". AACTA. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "Winners & Nominees | AACTA". AACTA. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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