Liza Richardson is a music supervisor for numerous films and TV shows, and served as a DJ at KNON then KERA in Dallas, Texas, then KCRW, an eclectic music and NPR news radio station based in Santa Monica, California.[1] [2] [3] She frequently publishes playlists related to her project soundtracks, as well as mixtapes featuring world music, roots, dance, hip hop and jazz, to her Spotify profile.[4]
Along with her team at Mad Doll Music, Liza has music supervised small screen classics like Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, The Leftovers, Watchmen and Hawaii Five-0. Currently she helms , Lovecraft Country, Barry, Outer Banks, The Morning Show, Queen Sugar, Bull and The Rookie.
Liza’s credits also include the first handful of iPod silhouette spots, films Spenser Confidential, Why Him?, A Dog's Purpose, Lords of Dogtown, Surf's Up, The Kids Are All Right and quintessential Mexican gem Y Tu Mama Tambien.[5] [6]
In 2002, Richardson starred in one of the popular Apple Switch ad campaign commercials.[7] In 2003, she was nominated for a Grammy for her work in compiling the soundtrack for Y Tu Mama Tambien.[8] In February 2007, she was the first DJ to perform for the Academy Awards ceremony.[9] In 2020, Richardson was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Watchmen.[10]
Richardson studied dance at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, attended Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and obtained a BFA in Theater and Dance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[11]