{{Short description|British documentary producer and director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Liz Tucker''' is a British [[Documentary film|documentary]] producer and director. She joined the [[BBC]] in the early nineties, working initially as a radio producer before moving into television. She started her career on screen working on the show ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'', where she told the story of [[Trevor Baylis]], inventor of the [[Clockwork Radio]]. Following the publicity surrounding the film, Trevor shortly afterwards signed a deal resulting in the worldwide launch of his radio.<ref>[https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A810154 Clockwork Radios], [[h2g2]] website. Accessed 2008-07-30.</ref> While at the BBC, Tucker also worked on a range of documentary programmes/series including ''[[Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)|QED]]'', ''[[Horizon (BBC TV series)|Horizon]]'' and ''Life Before Birth''. After leaving the BBC and working as a freelance director, she launched her own production company, Verve Productions, in 2007.<ref>Robin Parker, [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/verve_signs_firstlook_distribution_deal.html Verve signs first-look distribution deal], ''[[Broadcast magazine]]'', 28 November 2007. Subscription required.</ref>
== Awards ==
Verve Productions' TV documentary ''Filming My Father: In Life and Death'' has won six awards and nominations, including a gold medal at the New York Film Festival World's Best TV and Films; Winner of the Broadcaster of the Year awards at the MJA Awards; Highly Commended at the AIB Awards; shortlisted at the Monte Carlo TV Festival; shortlisted at the Broadcast Awards and at the Televisual BullDog Awards.
This documentary followed one family in crisis over four years as they struggled to come to terms with the father Steve Isaac's terminal illness - motor neurone disease (known as ALS in North America).
Tucker's other films include programmes made for the BBC, Channel 5, Channel 4, WGBH, Discovery and TLC, which have been broadcast in over 100 countries.
Some of Tucker's best known films include: ''Archimedes’ Secret'', which won the Glaxo/[[Association of British Science Writers|ABSW]] Science Writer's Award for best science documentary;<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3043484.stm BBC bags science prizes], BBC News, 4 July 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.sciencewritersawards.co.uk/science/past/2002/index.htm Glaxo Wellcome ABSW Science Writers' Awards, Winners 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829165416/http://www.sciencewritersawards.co.uk/science/past/2002/index.htm |date=2008-08-29 }}</ref> ''God on the Brain'' shortlisted again for the Glaxo Wellcome ABSW Science Writers' Awards;<ref>[http://www.sciencewritersawards.co.uk/science/past/2003/shortlist.htm Glaxo Wellcome ABSW Science Writers' Awards, Shortlist 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121105449/http://www.sciencewritersawards.co.uk/science/past/2003/shortlist.htm |date=2008-11-21 }}</ref> ''Sudden Death'', which won the [[Royal Television Society|RTS]] award for best documentary series; ''[[Blood of the Vikings]]'' series in which she made two of the programmes was nominated for a RTS award, her first film in the series won the Palmares Award 2004. It also won a Certificate of Merit at the [[San Francisco Film Festival]].<ref>San Francisco Film Society, [http://www.sffs.org/sfiff/gg2002.html Golden Gate Awards 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011120140/http://www.sffs.org/sfiff/gg2002.html |date=2008-10-11 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|2593588}}
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