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Bing Liu

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Bing Liu is a China-born, Midwest-raised filmmaker best known for directing MINDING THE GAP, which was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 91st Academy Awards and won a Peabody. He was also a segment director on AMERICA TO ME, which premiered on Starz and was hailed as one of the best TV shows of the year. He co-directed ALL THESE SONS with Josh Altman, which won Best Cinematography at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and the Maysles Award at the Denver International Film Festival. Liu has been supported by Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Documentary, a Film Independent Fellowship and Truer Than Fiction Award, the Garrett Scott Development Grant, the United States Artists fellowship, the SFFILM Westridge Fellowship, the Sundance Screenwriter and Director Labs, the Sundance Institute Asian American Fellowship and the Concordia Fellowship. He is currently developing several scripted and non-fiction projects.


Artist's Chosen Interview:

  • "I Had a Moral Crisis": Bing Liu on Minding the Gap, Personal Doc Voiceovers, and Cycles of Abuse

Artist's Chosen Resources:

  • How To Be Alone
  • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
  • What Writers Really Do When They Write
  • Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong

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Directing Documentaries with Steve James & Bing Liu (AMERICA TO ME)

Director: Steve James and Bing Liu
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Directing Documentaries with Steve James & Bing Liu (AMERICA TO ME)

With: Steve James and Bing Liu
Veteran ​Documentary ​Director Steve James and emerging ​D​irector Bing Liu ​take us inside their rich ​collaboration ​and the value of mentorship​.​
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