Litza Bixler
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Litza Bixler is one of the world's most sought-after choreographers and an emerging talent as a screenwriter and creative director. She has earned a reputation as an artist on the cutting edge who creates work that is unusual, ironic and distinctive. Her agent in London is Mark Summers, and McDonald Selznick Agency in LA. Litza holds a Masters Degree in Choreography from the University of Surrey
, and a BFA in Performance Studies in theatre and dance from the University of Colorado
.
Litza has worked in the British and American film industries for the past fifteen years. Recent projects include the BAFTA award winning Poppy Shakespeare for Channel Four (2007) and the latest Edgar Wright film Scott Pilgrim versus the World (2010). She also choreographed ‘the funniest scene of the year’ (Total Film) for Shaun of the Dead (2003) , and taught Colin Firth and Jessica Biel to tango in the film Easy Virtue (2008).
She has worked on numerous innovative and award winning commercials, choreographing everything from tap dancing zebras (Orangina) and West Side Story spoofs (Super Noodles) to krumping puppets (Britvic) and twisting bodies (Levis). Most recently, she created an iconic routine for Hugh Jackman (Lipton Iced Tea) and an uber-cool Bond meets Vogueing sequence for Virgin Airlines. She has also worked on many music videos, including Razorlight, Muse and the MTV award winning Avalanches video ‘Since I Left You'.
In 2004, Litza appeared as a guest judge on MTV’s ‘Shake Down’, and is currently developing several TV projects.
Over the years, Litza has directed her own films and theatre pieces, including the Channel Four short Heart Thief (2003) and the recent DUST BABY project, Watching Copelia (2008). Intrigued by the complexities of the human psyche, Litza often draws on her training as a therapist when working with performers and creating characters. In addition, her skills as an artist and keen choreographic eye bring a sense of visual spectacle, rhythm and timing to her work.
Litza recently completed her first feature length screen play, and is currently writing a dance horror script. She is also developing a musical feature based on a children's book and several short films, all with her company, Dust Baby Films.
A comprehensive list of her work follows.
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...
, and a BFA in Performance Studies in theatre and dance from the University of Colorado
University of Colorado
The University of Colorado system is a system of public universities in Colorado consisting of three universities in four campuses: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and University of Colorado Denver in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in...
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Litza has worked in the British and American film industries for the past fifteen years. Recent projects include the BAFTA award winning Poppy Shakespeare for Channel Four (2007) and the latest Edgar Wright film Scott Pilgrim versus the World (2010). She also choreographed ‘the funniest scene of the year’ (Total Film) for Shaun of the Dead (2003) , and taught Colin Firth and Jessica Biel to tango in the film Easy Virtue (2008).
She has worked on numerous innovative and award winning commercials, choreographing everything from tap dancing zebras (Orangina) and West Side Story spoofs (Super Noodles) to krumping puppets (Britvic) and twisting bodies (Levis). Most recently, she created an iconic routine for Hugh Jackman (Lipton Iced Tea) and an uber-cool Bond meets Vogueing sequence for Virgin Airlines. She has also worked on many music videos, including Razorlight, Muse and the MTV award winning Avalanches video ‘Since I Left You'.
In 2004, Litza appeared as a guest judge on MTV’s ‘Shake Down’, and is currently developing several TV projects.
Over the years, Litza has directed her own films and theatre pieces, including the Channel Four short Heart Thief (2003) and the recent DUST BABY project, Watching Copelia (2008). Intrigued by the complexities of the human psyche, Litza often draws on her training as a therapist when working with performers and creating characters. In addition, her skills as an artist and keen choreographic eye bring a sense of visual spectacle, rhythm and timing to her work.
Litza recently completed her first feature length screen play, and is currently writing a dance horror script. She is also developing a musical feature based on a children's book and several short films, all with her company, Dust Baby Films.
A comprehensive list of her work follows.
Directorial
Short films, adverts & Music Videos| Year | Title | Type | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Chewface 1, 2, 3 | Internet Ad | BBDO |
| 2008 | Watching Copelia | Short Film | Dust Baby Films |
| 2006 | Bottled Up Bunny | Short Film | Nerff Film Festival |
| 2003 | Heart Thief | Short Film | Channel Four |
| 2001 | Dark Cloud 'Space Monkey' | Music Video | Dust Baby Films |
| 2000 | Strings | Short Film | Dust Baby Films |
| 1999 | Flying Dreams | Short Film | Dust Baby Films |
| 1998 | Pistola Junta | Short Film & Installation | LBPC |
Choreography: Feature Films
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim versus the World | Edgar Wright Edgar Wright Edgar Howard Wright is an English film and television director and writer. He is most famous for his work with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the TV series Spaced, and for directing the film Scott Pilgrim vs... |
| 2009 | Souled Out Souled Out Souled Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by World Championship Wrestling in the month of January from 1997 through 2000. It was originally started as an nWo PPV but it did not generate the revenue it hoped for so it was turned into a WCW and nWo co-promoted PPV... |
Shimmy Marcus |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked The Boat That Rocked The Boat That Rocked is a 2009 British comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis, with pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s as its setting. The film has an ensemble cast featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, and Kenneth Branagh... |
Richard Curtis |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue Easy Virtue Easy Virtue is a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and loosely based on a play by Noël Coward.-Synopsis:The heroine Larita is married to a drunken brute. After he catches her almost being seduced by the artist who has been painting her picture, he brings suit for divorce on the grounds of... |
Stephen Elliot |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Nick Moore |
| 2007 | Poppy Shakespeare | Ben Ross |
| 2005 | Piccadilly Jim | John McKay |
| 2004 | Alfie | Charles Shyer |
| 2003 | Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British zombie comedy directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright. Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather... |
Edgar Wright |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Peter Hewitt |