---
name: "Julia Liu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julia-liu"
fi1m_id: "julia-liu"
imdb_id: "nm3300797"
tmdb_id: 1982823
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T03:20:35.864548+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julia Liu

## Identity

Julia Liu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julia-liu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julia-liu
- **IMDb ID:** nm3300797
- **TMDB ID:** 1982823
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3300797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1982823

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Julia C. Liu
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3300797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1982823

## Coming up

- *All American Girls* (2026-10-08), Cinematography

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie*](https://film.one/film/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: julialiufilm.com, imdb.com, moviemaker.com, camnoir.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *American Fiction* (2023), Fi1m 73, "B" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie* (2023), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *All American Girls* (2026), Cinematography
- *Power* (2024), Director of Photography
- *American Fiction* (2023), "B" Camera Operator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *How We Get Free* (2023), Director of Photography
- *STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie.md)
- *Unfinished Business* (2022), Director of Photography
- *White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch* (2022), Director of Photography, Executive Producer
- *Through the Night* (2021), Additional Camera
- *Take Your Pills* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Am I The Dream or The Dreamer? : A Film About The Low Anthem* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Bachelorette* (2012), Additional Second Assistant Camera

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