Carol Liu

Carol Liu was born and raised in Los Angeles and spent her formative summers in China. She graduated from Stanford University, where she was a Chappell-Lougee Scholar, with a degree in creative writing. She received her MFA in writing and directing from New York University’s Graduate Film Program, where she was awarded several distinctions, including the Dalio Family Foundation Scholarship for Excellence, Tisch Scholarship, and Alan Landsburg Documentary Production Award.

While studying Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University’s IUP language program, she produced her first feature project, Restoring the Light. The film has been presented at the United States Embassy in China, the World Health Organization, the Chinese Ministry of Health, the United States Consulate General’s Residence Special Dinner in Northeast China, and at various universities in China and the United States, among other venues.

Restoring the Light has also toured international film festivals, receiving nominations for Best Documentary Feature at the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and was an official selection of the Beijing International Film Festival and United Nations Association Film Festival. Carol is currently based in Beijing, China, where she is writing and developing Chinese-language fiction film projects.