Liza Richardson
Music Supervisor / DJ
Musical chameleon Liza Richardson's career has spanned radio, music supervision for film and TV, and music catalog revitalization.
Liza's radio broadcast career began in Dallas, TX, first at KNON then KERA. In the early 90s, she landed at NPR's flagship KCRW in Santa Monica, CA where, for 30 years, she championed poetry, international music, jazz, dance music and eclectic sounds from all corners of the globe. Her curated mixtapes are available via her Spotify profile.
Along with her team at Mad Doll Music, Liza has music supervised small screen classics such as Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, The Leftovers, Watchmen, Hawaii Five-0, Lovecraft Country, Narcos, Station Eleven, Barry, Outer Banks, The Rookie and Griselda. Other credits include the first handful of iPod silhouette ads as well as films Lords of Dogtown, Surf’s Up, A Dog's Purpose, The Kids Are All Right and quintessential Mexican gem Y tu mamá también.
In 2003, Liza was nominated for a Grammy for compiling the soundtrack to Y tu mamá también. 2020 brought an Emmy nod for her work on Watchmen and in 2021 she was nominated again for Lovecraft Country. She's been recognized by her peers with five awards from The Guild of Music Supervisors.
Ansonia Records, the legendary independent catalog of Latin and Caribbean music from the 1950s to 80s, is under Liza's stewardship. Since 2020, Ansonia has been reissuing catalog gems and releasing new music, including the latest from Bogotá's Meridian Brothers.
Liza is from Phoenix, AZ, holds a BFA in theater and dance from SMU in Dallas, TX, and has called Los Angeles home for over 30 years. Find her on Instagram @lizarichardson
TV music supervision
Griselda, Netflix, Eric Newman, Andi Baiz
Clipped, Hulu, Gina Welch
Bodkin, Netflix, Alex Metcalf, Jez Scharf
The Continental from John Wick, Peacock, Albert Hughes
Painkiller, Netflix, Pete Berg
Mrs. Davis, Peacock, Tara Hernandez, Damon Lindelof
Dear Edward, Apple TV+, Jason Katims
Hunters, Prime, David Weil
Reacher, Prime, Nick Santora
Echo 3, Apple TV+, Mark Boal
The Peripheral, Prime, Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Fleishman Is In Trouble, Hulu, Taffy Brodesser-Akner
As We See It, Prime, Jason Katims
Station 11, HBO, Patrick Somerville
Watchmen, HBO, Damon Lindelof
Lovecraft Country, HBO, Misha Green
Physical, Apple TV+, Annie Weisman
The Equalizer, CBS, Andrew Marlowe, Terri Miller
The Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime, Jenny Han
Unbelievable, Netflix, Susannah Grant
Outer Banks, Netflix, Josh Pate, Jonas Pate
The Morning Show, Apple TV+, Kerry Ehrin, Mimi Leder
The Rookie, ABC, Alexi Hawley
The Unicorn, CBS, Bill Marin, Mike Schiff
The Loudest Voice, Showtime, Alex Metcalf
The Leftovers, HBO, Damon Lindelof
Narcos, Netflix, Eric Newman, Carlo Bernard
Barry, HBO, Bill Hader, Alec Berg
Magnum PI, CBS/NBC, Eric Guggenheim
Queen Sugar, OWN, Ava DuVernay
Bull, CBS, Glenn Gordon Caron
Scorpion, CBS, Nick Santora
The Path, Hulu, Jessica Goldberg
Looking, HBO, Andrew Haig, Michael Lannan
Hawaii Five-0, CBS, Peter Lenkov
Parenthood, NBC, Jason Katims
The Following, Fox, Kevin Williamson
Friday Night Lights, NBC, Jason Katims
Film music supervision
The Burial, Maggie Betts
Finestkind, Brian Helgeland
Kandahar, Ric Roman Waugh
Pepsi, Where's My Jet, Andrew Renzi
Kate, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Survive, Mark Pellington
The Perfection, Richard Shepard
Spenser Confidential, Pete Berg
Nostalgia, Mark Pellington
The Donut King, Alice Gu
The Land of Steady Habits, Nicole Holofcener
Tokyo Project, Richard Shepard
A Dog’s Purpose, Lasse Hallstrom
Why Him, John Hamburg
The Last Word, Mark Pellington
The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko
Rock Dog, Ash Brannon
Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener
Hotel Transylvania, Genndy Tartakovsky
People Like Us, Alex Kurtzman
I Melt With You, Mark Pellington
Scream 4, Wes Craven
Push, Paul McGuigan
The Hunting Party, Richard Shepard
Surf’s Up, Ash Brannon
Failure To Launch, Tom Dey
Lords of Dogtown, Catherine Hardwicke
Wicker Park, Paul McGuigan
First Daughter, Forest Whitaker
Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuaron
Mothman Prophecies, Mark Pellington
Arlington Road, Mark Pellington
Film consultancies
Deepwater Horizon, Pete Berg
In The Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis
Nacho Libre, Jared Hess
Curious George, Matthew O’Callaghan
Syriana, Stephen Gaghan
Bewitched, Nora Ephron
The Italian Job, F. Gary Gray
United States of Poetry, Mark Pellington
Additional info
-Emmy nom, Outstanding Music Supervision, Lovecraft Country 2021
-Winner, Best Music Supervision TV Drama, Guild of Music Supervisors, Lovecraft Country 2021
-Emmy nom, Outstanding Music Supervision, Watchmen 2020
-Winner, Best Music Supervision TV Drama, Guild of Music Supervisors, Watchmen 2021
-Winner, Best Song Created for TV, Guild of Music Supervisors, Watchmen 2021
-89.9 KCRW radio host and DJ from 1991 to 2020
-Winner, Best Music Supervision TV Drama, Guild of Music Supervisors, Narcos 2016
-Winner, Music Supervisor of The Year, Guild of Music Supervisors 2012
-Woman of Impact, Variety 2010
-First DJ to perform at The Academy Awards ceremony 2007
-Grammy nom, Best Soundtrack Compilation, Y tu mamá también 2003
-Geffen Records A&R scout 1995 to 1998
-Host, producer of MTV-syndicated / KCRW-produced radio show, Man In The Moon 1994
-89.3 KNON and 90.1 KERA radio host and DJ from 1986 to 1991
Represented by Fortress Talent Management (film & TV)
Represented by Barking Owl (advertising)