Liz Gallacher

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Liz Gallacher at the 2019 Guild of Music Supervisors with her award for Best Supervision for a Documentary for the film Studio 54. Liz Gallacher 2019 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.jpg
Liz Gallacher at the 2019 Guild of Music Supervisors with her award for Best Supervision for a Documentary for the film Studio 54.

Liz Gallacher is a British music supervisor based in Los Angeles. [1] Gallacher has been called "one of the UK's leading independent music consultants". [2] Her work on projects such as The Full Monty (which won a BRIT Award for Best Soundtrack) and Resident Evil (featuring a Grammy-nominated track by Slipknot) garnered praise from producers, directors, and the press.

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She's well-known for her work on independent films as well as documentaries, and has worked on two Oscar-winning documentaries, One Day in September [3] and The Cove . [4] She has also been recognized by The Guild of Music Supervisors for several of her films including Rudderless , [5] War on Everyone , [6] and Studio 54 , which won her the award for Best Supervision for a Documentary at the 2019 awards. [7]

She also worked on the critically acclaimed television series Patrick Melrose and Masters of Sex as well at the Netflix Documentary series Beckham (TV series) which chronicles the life and career of David Beckham.

Liz has worked with directors such as Paul Anderson, Neill Blomkamp, John Michael McDonagh, Peter Cattaneo, Michael Winterbottom, and Gurinder Chadha.

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References

  1. Burrell, Ian (March 29, 2010). "The Brits who are making a big noise in Hollywood". The Independent. London (UK). p. 44.
  2. Champ, Hamish (November 22, 2003). "Is Love the reel thing for CD sales?: This weekend's big British film release will affect more than one UK industry". The Guardian. Manchester (UK). p. 22.
  3. "One Day in September - IMDb" via www.imdb.com.
  4. "The Cove - IMDb" via www.imdb.com.
  5. "5th Annual Guild of Music Supervisor Awards". gms-awards.
  6. "Variety". Variety.
  7. "2019 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.