Jiayang Liu

Directing·Beijing, China

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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.

Film	Credit
Our Last Time2026 · Eric, Director, Producer, Writer	Eric, Director, Producer, Writer
Teenhood2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Take the Field2025 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer
Tongue Twister2024 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Inner Colors2024 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Amon2024 · Producer	Producer
Melodies of War2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
City uf Meat2024 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Missing at Sea2024 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
The Car2024 · Producer	Producer
A Beautiful Shadow2023 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
The Bystander2023 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Empty Canvas2022 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
The Sun Rises Differently2022 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
There Is Only One2022 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
A Piece of Ranch2022 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
Pieces2022 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
A Young Owl2022 · Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director, Producer	Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Summer Field2021 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Blue Dusk2021 · Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director
The Reunion2020 · Producer, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
Ezzie & NixProducer	Producer