Liz Feldman is an American comedian, actress, producer and writer. She is credited as the creator and executive producer for the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me.
Career
Feldman is a comedian, writer, actress and producer born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is the creator and executive producer of the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me, executive produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Dead to Me premiered on Netflix on May 3, 2019. The series was renewed for a second season which was released on Netflix on May 8, 2020. In July 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a third and final season. Feldman began her career as a stand up comic at the age of 16 and made her TV debut as a performer and writer for All That on Nickelodeon in 1995. She is a graduate of Boston University and an alumna of The Second City and The Groundlings. She went on to write for Blue Collar TV, Hot in Cleveland, The Great Indoors, the 79th, 86th and 87th Academy Awards, 2 Broke Girls and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, for which she won four Emmy awards. She created the NBC sitcom One Big Happy starring Elisha Cuthbert, executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. Since 2008, Liz has been the host of This Just Out, a YouTube talk show that celebrates lesbian culture. The “gay positive” show is filmed at Liz’s kitchen table and features LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly actors, comedians, writers and musicians. Liz has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights. In 2008, her joke about same-sex marriage went viral, recreated thousands of times across various platforms in the campaign against Prop 8, which sought to outlaw same sex marriage. In 2012, Liz was named one of The Advocate's “40 Under 40.” In 2016, Liz signed a multi-year overall deal with CBS Studios to develop new projects. In 2020, Liz won the WGA Award for Best Episodic Comedy for the pilot episode of Dead to Me. Liz was also named to the The Hollywood Reporters "50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood" list.
Netflix deal
On July 6, 2020, Netflix announced that it had entered into an exclusive multi-year development deal with Feldman, under which all of her future productions will be Netflix Original series.
