Biography
Julia Liu, also credited as Julia C. Liu, is an American cinematographer and director based in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Brown University, she began her career as a camera assistant on series including Person of Interest, White Collar and Girls before moving into cinematography.
She has served as director of photography on the documentaries Take Your Pills (2018), We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021), White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022) and STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023). The latter earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, shared with C. Kim Miles and Clair Popkin. Liu has also worked as a camera operator on narrative features such as American Fiction (2023).
As a director, her short Driving While Black Magic (2020) screened at several festivals. She contributes to the New York Times Op-Doc series, is a NAACP Image Award nominee and a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 honoree.
