Liz Doran

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. 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.

Doran served as a writer for Please Like Me, a comedy-drama series for ABC (Australia) and Pivot Network. The series won the AACTA Award for Best Comedy and received nominations at the International Emmy Awards, the Rose d'Or Awards, 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.

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. 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.

Doran wrote for the Stan Original series Prosper. She wrote on Series 1 through 5 of Doctor Doctor, 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. 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.

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, and the UK drama series Sugar Rush, which won an International Emmy Award and received a BAFTA nomination. Doran served as series story editor and writer for Seasons 1 to 3 of Dance Academy, a children's drama series for the ABC.

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.

Filmography

Year Title Creator Writer Executiveproducer Notes 2002–05 The Secret Life of Us 2004 Love Bytes 2005 The Alice 2006 Sugar Rush 2008 McLeod's Daughters 2009 Carla Cametti PD Rescue: Special Ops 2010–13 Dance Academy 2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2013–16 Please Like Me Also acted in one episode 2014 Love Child 2015 Ready for This Also acted in one episode 2016 Molly 2016–21 Doctor Doctor 2019 Zomboat! 2021 The Tailings 2022 Barons 2024 Prosper 2026 My Brilliant Career 2013 Comedy – Situation or Narrative Please Like Me ("Portuguese Custard Tarts") (joint) Comedy – Situation or Narrative Please Like Me ("Spanish Eggs") 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting Please Like Me ("Burrito Bowl") 2021 AACTA Awards Best Short Form Drama The Tailings 2022 Best Miniseries Barons