Liu Jiayin

Liu Jiayin

Liu Jiayin, born in Beijing in 1981, is a female director and screenwriter in mainland China. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

In 2002, Liu Jiayin won the best director award in the short film competition unit of Beijing University Film Festival for her first short film train. In 2005, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film "cowhide", which won the prize of international film critic for the 55th Berlin International Film Festival Youth Forum unit. In 2009, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film "cowhide 2", which won the reviewer's Choice Award and audience's Choice Award of Seoul Digital Film Festival. In 2011, clean and bright won the script development fund award of Hong Kong Asian Film Investment Association. In 2018, he served as the review judge of the venture capital unit of the 12th first Youth Film Festival. In 2020, he will be the tutor of the 3rd HAF film training pilot program.

Character experience

In 1981, Liu Jiayin was born into a poor family. When she was in junior high school, she regarded film as her lifelong career, but it was not easy for her to carry out this career. On the one hand, she seized every opportunity to learn the knowledge related to film, on the other hand, she restrained herself harshly and spent all her energy on her dream. In 1999, Liu Jiayin was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. Because the director department of the Academy did not recruit students, Liu Jiayin was admitted to the literature department. In 2002, he won the best director award in the short film competition unit of Beijing University Film Festival for his short film "train". In 2003, he received a bachelor's degree in film drama from the literature department of Beijing Film Academy. In 2005, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film "cowhide", which won many awards, such as the prize of fabissey international film critic in the 55th Berlin International Film Festival Youth Forum unit, the best film award in the 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival digital unit, and the best film award in the 24th Vancouver International Film Festival Asian competition unit. In 2006, he received a master's degree in screenplay writing and theoretical research from the literature department of Beijing Film Academy; in the same year, he stayed in the Department to teach. In 2009, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film "cowhide 2", which was shortlisted for the director's biweekly unit of the 60th Cannes International Film Festival, the Locarno International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival, and won the reviewer's Choice Award and audience's Choice Award of Seoul Digital Film Festival. In 2010, he was the judge of Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2011, clean and bright won the script development fund award of Hong Kong Asian Film Investment Association. in 2017, Liu Jiayin received a doctorate from the director department of Beijing Film Academy. In 2018, he served as the review judge of the venture capital unit of the 12th first Youth Film Festival. In 2020, he will be the tutor of the 3rd HAF film training pilot program.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Take part in the film

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Liu Jiayin is not tall, with a baby face, just like a child. Her works have many similarities with the sixth generation directors such as Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Liu Jie and Wang Quanan. As far as the degree of personal style is concerned, the representativeness of Liu Jiayin's works is particularly prominent in Chinese independent films. The feature films "cowhide" and "cowhide 2" directed by him represent the pole of sticking to the author's style. Among them, the lens style of cowhide is undoubtedly the continuation of the dark realism of the independent producer. The random representation of the characters' behavior and dialogue in the film all confirms the minimalism of Liu Jiayin's directing style. (comments by Jiang ye and Yang Junlei) Liu Jiayin seldom deliberately publicizes herself, and she is even younger than her actual age in appearance. People who have seen her films all say that those real to the extreme scenes seem to carry a life inconsistent with her age and experience. Her films are unique, and what's more, they are very good-looking. (review of weekend pictorial)