Lizzy Weiss

Birth Name:

Lizzy Weiss

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Script department

Won a Peabody Award and a Gracie Award for "Switched at Birth" in 2012
Graduated from Duke University with a degree in Sociology and Women's Studies in 1992 and earned her Master's in Communication from New York University in 1993
Her first paying writing job was in 1999 for the MTV original film "Holding Patterns," which was never aired
Her first screenplay, "The Nineteenth," was about Susan B․ Anthony's struggle during the women's suffrage movement in America
Quote: "I love characters who are imperfect․ In studio mainstream movies, the goal is always to have a protagonist the audience likes and identifies with, but we also like insecurities and flaws that we relate to․ Those are the people we know in real life․"
Best known as the creator and producer of "Switched at Birth" and as the writer of "Blue Crush․"
The story for "Blue Crush" came from an article in Outside magazine about a group of girls in Maui who grew up surfing

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