| Liu Yulin | |
| Birth Place: | Beijing[1] |
| Notable Works: | Someone to Talk To |
| Occupation: | Film Director |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
| Alma Mater: | NYU Tisch (M.F.A.)[2] Communication University of China (B.A.) in Television & Journalism |
| Father: | Liu Zhenyun |
| Mother: | Guo Jianmei |
| Awards: | Student Academy Awards[3] [4] |
Liu Yulin is a Chinese film director, a graduate with the Master of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate Film program of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2014, her short narrative film Door God, which is about a girl in China awaiting the return of her mother, won her the first international film prize - silver medal under the narrative category at the 41st Student Academy Awards.[5] The same film later won in the category of Best Woman Student Filmmaker at the 20th Annual Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards - East Region.[6] With her NYU thesis film Someone to Talk To,[7] which is adapted from her father Liu Zhenyun's award-winning novel One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences, she made her feature film debut in October 2016 at the New Currents section at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Door God | Director |
| 2016 | Someone to Talk To | Director |
| 2018 | Half the Sky | Director[8] |
| 2022 | In Our Prime | Director[9] |
| 2023 | Just for Meeting You | Director[10] |
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Film Director's Guild Awards | April 23, 2017 | Best Young Director | [11] | ||
| Busan International Film Festival | October 15, 2016 | New Currents Award | [12] | ||
| Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards - East Region | December 11, 2014 | Best Woman Student Filmmaker | |||
| Student Academy Awards | June 6, 2014 | Narrative - Silver Medal | |||
| Beijing College Student Film Festival | May 7, 2017 | Best Directorial Debut |