Pin-Chun Liu

After earning a degree in Sociology from the National Taiwan University, Pin-Chun began working in productions and producing independent films in Taiwan in 2008. Her first feature, an American-based independent film, THE TAIWAN OYSTER, was premiered in the narrative competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. Pin-Chun got her first taste of the Hollywood film while working as a translator and liaison on Ang Lee’’s LIFE OF PI before attending AFI in 2011. In the summer of 2013, Pin- Chun completed both her first Los Angeles-based feature MAKING THE RULES and her AFI thesis film WAY IN RYE, which was nominated for best narrative film at the Student Academy Award. Graduating at AFI, she also earned the distinction of Finalist in the 2013 PGA Debra Hill Fellowship Awards. Her most recent films, THE NIGHT IS OURS, was premiered at Frameline Film Festival; and CONTRAPELO, which was premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.