LIZ FELDMAN | Writer and Executive Producer. Speaker on An Evening with Netflix.

Over the course of her career, award-winning writer Liz Feldman has carved a space for diverse voices within the entertainment industry.    

Feldman is the creator and executive producer of the acclaimed and Emmy®-nominated Netflix series, DEAD TO ME.  The dark comedy, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, is produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions, the female-focused counterpart to Gary Sanchez Productions.  NPR TV critic David Bianculli noted, “It's [Liz Feldman’s] career-best work, and it's the career-best work for Applegate and Cardellini, too.” Feldman won the 2020 Writers Guild Award for Episodic Comedy, and was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for New Series, on behalf of the show.  She was once again nominated for a 2021 Writers Guild Award for Episodic Comedy, the show received three 2021 SAG Nominations and Liz was also included on THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’S 2020 list of the “50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood.” The show has also received four Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The highly-anticipate third and final season will premiere on November 17, 2022.

Feldman began her career as a stand-up comic at the age of sixteen. She is an alumnus of The Second City and The Groundlings. Past television credits include: BLUE COLLAR TV, HOT IN CLEVELAND, The 79th, 86th and 87th ACADEMY AWARDS, 2 BROKE GIRLS and THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, for which she won four Emmy® awards. She also created the NBC sitcom ONE BIG HAPPY starring Elisha Cuthbert, executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres.   

Since 2008, Feldman has been the host of THIS JUST OUT, a YouTube talk show that celebrates lesbian culture. The “gay positive” show is filmed at her kitchen table and features LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly actors, comedians, writers and musicians. Feldman has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights.   

She currently resides in Los Angeles with her wife, musician Rachael Cantu.