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'''Elizabeth Bonner Allen''' (born 14 March 1964), is a British documentary film maker. Examples of her work are the TV programs ''Waste'', ''Parking Mad'', ''15 Stone Babies'', ''Inside John Lewis'', and ''Silverville''. Her work has appeared on the BBC, Channel Four, ITV, UKTV, ABC, ABC2, and elsewhere internationally.<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2530791/|title=Liz Allen|work=IMDb.com|accessdate=2015-09-05}}</ref>
== Life and career == Allen attended Lady Verney High School in High Wycombe, and she initially trained to be a nurse before embarking on a career as a film-maker. Her family emigrated to Australia while she was in film school, but she decided to stay in the UK. After a brief spell working for the London communication agency ‘Imagination’, she joined the BBC's specialist factual department. The first series she worked on was ''Child of Our Time''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lizallenfilms.com/#!about/cfp1|title=lizallenfilms}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetalentmanager.co.uk/talent/1061/liz-allen|title=Liz Allen|work=thetalentmanager.co.uk|access-date=2023-10-10|archive-date=2015-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930013618/https://www.thetalentmanager.co.uk/talent/1061/liz-allen|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
Allen went freelance after developing a number of successful documentary projects including the Royal Television Society award nominated ''Sins of Our Father'' as well as the RTS winner ''Breast Cancer; the operation''.<ref name="IMDb"/> She has successfully delivered a number of high-rating documentaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2530791/bio|title=Liz Allen : Biography|work=IMDb.com|accessdate=2015-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativesgo.com/liz_allen_guest_article.html|title=Liz Allen Documentary Filmmaker|author=creativesgo|work=creativesgo.com}}</ref>
== Filmography == * ''Waste'', BBC Bristol, Series Producer, three 60-minute episodes for BBC2. An observational documentary about the waste industry in Newcastle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02npndq|title=BBC Two - Wastemen, The Home Front|work=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/28/empire-24-hours-in-the-past-wastemen|title=Tuesday's best TV|author=Rachel Aroesti|date= 28 April 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> * ''Parking Mad'', Century Films, Producer/Director, three 60-minute episodes for BBC1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/18/parking-mad-posh-pawn-protecting-our-parents-tv-review|title=Parking Mad; Posh Pawn; Protecting Our Parents – TV review|author=Sam Wollaston|date=28 April 2014| work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cvd95p/parking-mad--series-1---episode-1|title=Parking Mad|author=Paul Whitelaw|work=RadioTimes|date=8 October 2023 }}</ref> * ''The 15 Stone Baby'', Minnow Films Producer/Director one 60-minute episode for Channel Four/More4 in 2012, concerning adult babies in the UK and the USA. Allen was responsible for research, casting, script writing, and shooting on location as well as directed crews. Total responsibility of edit including commissioning composure and narrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/12/the-15-stone-babies-channel-4-documentary-children_n_2286106.html|title=The 15-Stone Babies: Channel 4 Documentary Reveals The Adults Who Choose To Live As Children|author=Sara C. Nelson|date=12 December 2012|work=The Huffington Post UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/dec/13/tv-review-15-stone-babies|title=TV Review: The 15-Stone Babies; Pensioners Behind Bars|date=13 December 2012|author=Sam Wollaston|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/opinion/1164439/blog-dont-let-economic-misery-down-become-fifteen-stone-baby-instead/|title=Don't let economic misery get you down. Become a 'Fifteen Stone Baby' instead|author=Matthew Gwyther|date=14 December 2012|work=managementtoday.co.uk}}</ref> * ''Poms in Paradise'', Century Films Series Producer/Director ten 30-minute episodes for ITV in April 2012. A series of films which followed the fortunes of British immigrants to Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3485356/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3|title=Poms in Paradise (TV Mini-Series 2012)|work=IMDb}}</ref> Allen's responsibilities were casting, storytelling, shooting and taking series into edit. She also managed post production to delivery. * ''Short Work'', BBC2 Producer/Director one 60-minute short in 2011, about actors in the entertainment business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3485420/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4|title=Short Works (TV Movie 2011)|date=5 November 2011|work=IMDb}}</ref> Allen's total responsibilities were researching/ casting, shooting in both UK and US, and for all the post-production. * ''Meet the Multiples'', BBC3/BBC1 Producer/Director one 60-minute documentary in 2011. An observational documentary about parenting Multiples. After being aired three times on BBC television, this show was watched by 3 million people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010tbn8|title=BBC Three - Meet the Multiples|work=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentingzone.co.uk/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=39879|title=Documentary "Meet the multiples" on tonight @ 9pm BBC3 - PARENTS OF MULTIPLES - FertilityZone|work=parentingzone.co.uk|access-date=2015-08-29|archive-date=2015-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116155251/http://www.parentingzone.co.uk/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=39879|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/general-coffeehouse-chat-514/tv-music-sport-entertainment-13/568876-meet-multiples-bbc3-all.html|title=Meet The Multiples - BBC3|work=netmums.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digiguide.tv/pick-of-the-day/22+March+2013/documentary-meet-the-multiples-ii/|title=Meet the Multiples|work=digiguide.tv}}</ref> * ''Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands'', BBC3 Story Producer & Edit Producer. (6 X 60 mins 2011). Series following a group of newly qualified doctors in Newcastle. Won ‘Best Factual Programme' at the Broadcast Digital Awards in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/ratings/junior-doctors-breaks-bbc3-record/5024674.article#|title=Junior Doctors breaks BBC3 record|author=Michael Rosser|date= 9 March 2011|work=broadcastnow.co.uk}}</ref> * ''Inside John Lewis'', BBC2 2009 Producer/Director (3 x 60 mins broadcast BBC 2 March 2010). Observational documentary about the department store ‘John Lewis’ as it adapted to recession in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brettaplin.com.au/inside-john-lewis/|title=Inside John Lewis|work=brettaplin.com.au|date=16 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television-inside-john-lewis-bbc2br-famous-rich-and-jobless-bbc1-1919374.html|title=Last Night's Television: Inside John Lewis, BBC2|author= Tom Sutcliffe|date=22 October 2011|work=The Independent | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/inside-john-lewis-bbc-two|title=Inside John Lewis, BBC Two|author=Gerald Gilbert|date=10 March 2010|work=theartsdesk.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/11/inside-john-lewis-mad-men|title=Inside John Lewis and Mad Men|author=Lucy Mangan|date=11 March 2010|work=The Guardian}}</ref> * ''Silverville'', BBC 1 2008 Producer/Director (3 x 30 minute broadcast July/Aug 09). Observational series exploring old age in a retirement village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/30/breaking-the-mould-silverville|title=Breaking the Mould and Silverville|author=Esther Addley|date=30 July 2009|work=The Guardian}}</ref> * ''Meet the Immigrants'', BBC1 2007 Producer/Director (3 x 30 min). Observational series about immigrants seeking new lives in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/2360/1/GT_meet_the_immigrants.pdf |title=''Meet the Immigrants'' is a six-part, observational documentary BBC series, coproduced by the Open University, which looks at the lives of members of the new wave of inward migration into the UK |publisher=Eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie |accessdate=2015-08-29}}</ref> Shooting on DSR around the UK, Calais and Latvia. Self-shooting on location and responsible for post production and delivery. * ''Don't Die Young'', BBC2 Birmingham 2007 Producer/Director (2 x 30mins). Health series with Dr. Alice Roberts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1951107.htm|title=Catalyst: 'Don't Die Young' Episode 2 – 'Lungs' - ABC TV Science|work=abc.net.au}}</ref> Self shooting and directing crews. Responsible for writing and taking two films into the edit. * ''Skint'', BBC1 2006 Producer/Director (2 x 30 mins). Observational documentary series following people who live in the poverty trap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638948/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_10|title=Skint (TV Series 2006–2009)|work=IMDb}}</ref> Self shooting and responsible for post production and delivery of films. * ''Trauma and Trauma South Africa'', BBC1 & 3 2005, Producer/Director (3 x 30 mins). Filmed on location in London and Africa. * ''Breast Cancer - The Operation'', BBC 3 2004, Associate Producer. Won RTS award in 2005 for best educational documentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/oct/27/broadcasting.bbc|title=BBC3 to broadcast 'live' mastectomy operation|author=John Plunkett|date=27 October 2004|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Responsible for casting and filming of ‘Jane’s’ story. Overseeing edit and delivery. * ''Get a New Life Italy'', BBC2 broadcast 2003, Producer/Director. 60 minute programme about the lives of expats livings in Italy which was filmed on location in Umbria. * ''My Son the Killer (a.k.a. Sins of the Father)'', BBC1 60 min documentary. Assistant producer 2003. RTS nominated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-sins-of-a-killers-father-f9xwwzw79dn|title=The sin's of a killer's father|author=Maureen Paton|date=25 June 2003|work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3035242.stm|title=Sins of the father|date=3 July 2003|work=BBC News}}</ref> * ''Autism Puzzle'', BBC4, 2003 Assistant Producer. 60 min documentary exploring the science of autism. * ''Desirability'', BBC3 2003 Assistant Producer. Observational documentary series exploring how disabled people express their sexuality * ''Animal Hospital'', Assistant Producer BBC1 2003. Popular factual series. * ''Butterflies'', Producer/Director 2002. Corporate video for Voluntary Services Overseas filmed in India about a charity helping orphaned children in Delhi 2002. * ''Child of Our Time'', BBC1 2000–2002 Researcher. Observational series following the lives of children born in the year 2000, exploring the nurture/nature debate.
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.lizallenfilms.com/}} * {{IMDb name|nm2530791}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Elizabeth Bonner}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:British documentary filmmakers Category:Place of birth missing (living people)