Julia Liu is a Providence, Rhode Island based filmmaker and Emmy nominated cinematographer seeking to promote diversity in front of and behind the lens. Her passion for visual storytelling started through drawing comics, evolving into filmmaking as a way to bring her illustrations to life. Liu is a contributing director to the New York Times Op-Doc Series and is a Doc NYC 40 Under 40 Honoree. She is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Society of Camera Operators and a graduate of Brown University.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Cinematographer and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Known for
What are Julia Liu's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Julia Liu's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Julia Liu's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Power(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
American Fiction(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
How We Get Free(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
RapCaviar Presents(2023)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Unfinished Business(2022)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Through the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Take Your Pills(2018)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Am I The Dream or The Dreamer? : A Film About The Low Anthem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bachelorette(2012)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 2012 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2023, Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Julia Liu's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the cinematography 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Julia Liu work with?
People who share at least 2 of Julia Liu's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alison Klayman shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Alison KlaymanShared titles: Unfinished Business (2022), White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022), Take Your Pills (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Alison Klayman
Editors
- Brian GoetzShared titles: Unfinished Business (2022), White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Goetz
- Jennifer FineranShared titles: White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022), Take Your Pills (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Fineran
Producers
- Jillian BergmanShared titles: Power (2024), Walk Against Fear: James Meredith (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jillian Bergman
- Jaye CallahanShared titles: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023), White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jaye Callahan
- Carolyn HepburnShared titles: Unfinished Business (2022), Take Your Pills (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Carolyn Hepburn
- Christopher ClementsShared titles: Unfinished Business (2022), Take Your Pills (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Clements
