Talent Guide

Bing Liu

  • Discipline:Director, Producer
  • Program Year:Documentary Lab 2017, Fast Track 2017, Grants and Awards 2019

Bio

Bing Liu moved from China to Alabama to California to Illinois before he was 8 years old. Since July 2011, Liu has been a member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild, working on projects like “Chiraq,” “Empire,” and “Shameless.” In 2015, his short documentary, “Nuoc,” won best directed documentary at the Collected Voices Film Festival. Since September 2015, Liu has been a Story Director and DP for an upcoming Steve James mini-series on race and education, “America To Me.” He is currently co-producing with Kartemquin Films and ITVS on his directorial feature, “Minding the Gap,” an exploration of masculinity and violence in the home through a three-year journey with a group of skateboarders. The film has been awarded a spot in Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Documentary fellowship, Tribeca All Access, the Garrett Scott Documentary Grant, and Film Independent’s Documentary Lab. Liu has a B.A. in Literature from University of Illinois in Chicago.

Current Project

Minding the Gap

Logline

Bing, a 25-year-old Chinese-American skateboarder and filmmaker, returns to his hometown and reconnects with two skateboarders: Keire, an African-American 17-year-old and Zack, a white 23-year-old. who all share a history of childhood trauma. Over the next three years, their freewheeling lives unravel as they figure out who they hope to be.