Person

Jiayang Liu

Directing · Beijing, China

Jiayang Liu is a Chinese-American director/producer driven by real, sentimental narratives and bold, poetic moving images. Over the years, he has directed and produced over 60 short narrative and documentary films, many of which have won awards and screened at Academy Award®-qualifying festivals. His latest film Teenhood world premiered and won Best Wyoming film at the Wyoming International Film Festival and won Best USA film at the 307 International Film Festival. His commercial work include clients like Lamborghini, GMC, Toyota, and USC. A graduate from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he is currently building Goldhour - a creative studio aimed to champion the next generation of bold, original stories and storytellers. Through Goldhour, his YouTube channel and his film career podcast, First Act Break, he continues to cultivate and mentor a growing community of modern storytellers.

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  Ezzie & Nix

  Producer

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  Teenhood

  Director

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  Empty Canvas

  Director of Photography

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  Take the Field

  Director

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  Amon

  Producer

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  Inner Colors

  Director of Photography

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  Melodies of War

  Director

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  There Is Only One

  Director

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  Our Last Time

  Eric

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  City uf Meat

  Director

• 2026Our Last TimeEric
• 2025TeenhoodDirector
• 2025Take the FieldDirector
• 2024Tongue TwisterDirector
• 2024Inner ColorsDirector of Photography
• 2024AmonProducer
• 2024Melodies of WarDirector
• 2024City uf MeatDirector
• 2024Missing at SeaDirector
• 2024The CarProducer
• 2023A Beautiful ShadowDirector
• 2023The BystanderDirector of Photography
• 2022Empty CanvasDirector of Photography
• 2022The Sun Rises DifferentlyDirector
• 2022There Is Only OneDirector
• 2022A Piece of RanchDirector
• 2022PiecesDirector
• 2022A Young OwlDirector
• 2021The Summer FieldProducer
• 2021Blue DuskProducer
• 2020The ReunionProducer
• —Hermit CrabAssociate Producer
• —Echoes of the SeaAssociate Producer
• —Ezzie & NixProducer