Director
Jiayang Liu
Beijing, China · 23 films
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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Filmography 22
Pick Up
2026 · Director, Producer
Our Last Time
2026 · Eric, Director
Teenhood
2025 · Director, Editor
Take the Field
2025 · Cinematography, Director
Tongue Twister
2024 · Cinematography, Editor
Inner Colors
2024 · Cinematography
Amon
2024 · Producer, Editor
Melodies of War
2024 · Director, Writer
City uf Meat
2024 · Producer, Editor
Missing at Sea
2024 · Producer, Director
The Car
2024 · Producer
A Beautiful Shadow
2023 · Director, Cinematography
The Bystander
2023 · Cinematography, Director
Empty Canvas
2022 · Cinematography, Producer
The Sun Rises Differently
2022 · Editor, Writer
There Is Only One
2022 · Writer, Editor
A Piece of Ranch
2022 · Cinematography, Director
Pieces
2022 · Director, Editor
A Young Owl
2022 · Cinematography, Screenplay
The Summer Field
2021 · Producer, Editor
Blue Dusk
2021 · Producer, Cinematography
The Reunion
2020 · Producer, Editor