Four decades after an eccentric father builds his adopted Chinese daughter a playhouse to shield her from a world that won't accept her, dementia forces her to become the architect of his fading memory.
GIRL | DAD explores the intricate bonds of love and sacrifice across a four-decade journey between a Chinese adoptee and her single father. Starring Sherry Cola (Joy Ride, Good Trouble) and Chris Tallman (The Thundermans, Reno 911), father and daughter navigate cultural identity and belonging through a kaleidoscope of moments; from a bewildered 5-year-old's arrival, through turbulent teenage years, to a bittersweet role reversal as adult daughter becomes caretaker. Their world dramatically shifts when his dementia begins to erase their shared memories, forcing them to find new ways to hold onto what matters most and realize that some connections run deeper than memory itself.
Liz Fields is an Asian-Australian-American writer and filmmaker who has lived in and traveled to 40 different countries across six continents. A Chinese adoptee raised by Australians in South East Asia, Liz has spent her life chasing stories that highlight the complex emotions surrounding cultural displacement and characters seeking their identity, no matter the cost.
Her work across film and TV has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Gracie Award, a GLAAD Nomination, two James Beard Media Awards, and Television Academy Honors, which recognizes exceptional programs and their producers who have leveraged the power of television to fuel social change.
A former journalist and Columbia J-school grad, Liz first developed her reporting chops in the newsrooms of ABC and VICE, where she interviewed everyone from spies and drug dealers to preachers and insurgent groups. In 2016, Liz documented the insanity of the modern American condition as a presidential campaign embed, and went on to write, direct, and produce stories for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, PBS, and more.
Liz is a graduate of the New Writers Fellowship with CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and was featured on Austin Film Festival’s 15 Screenwriters to Watch list in 2022. Her episodic scripts have received finalist laurels from multiple major script competitions, including the Austin Film Festival, Slamdance, PAGE and more. Liz’s first feature, Belonging, won Atlanta Film Festival’s 2024 feature screenplay award and third prize at the CineStory Foundation Feature Fellowship awards.
Liz brings the same narrative ambition to audio, creating and directing original podcast series that span genres, including "Hyperdrive," a sci-fi thriller erotica starring Manny Jacinto, and "Imperfect Match," a rom-com series set across Italy (written while working in Rome), starring Arden Cho.
Liz lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Zero Gravity Management.
Winner Gold House AAPI Renaissance Rally Grant & Fellowship
Top 5 Finalist Shore Scripts Finishing Funds Grant (2025)
Sherry Cola - Actor
Chris Tallman - Actor
Max Goldblatt - Editor
Pat Shahabian - Cinematographer
