WRITER-DIRECTOR
Ziyao Liu is a writer-director based on Earth.
She creates character-driven narratives of hybrid genres, often about women. Her goal is to reveal characters’ strengths and weaknesses in everyday moments and reimagine their lives that are otherwise constrained by reality. She loves to find humor in the absurdity of our existence beyond language and cultural barriers.
A member of BAFTA Connect and a fellow of Armed with a Camera, she earned her MFA in Directing from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her BA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Born in China and now a resident alien in Los Angeles, she spends her free time tending her plants and walking in her neighborhood.
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02 DAISY IS GONE2024
13 min
2024
digital, color, sound
An absurdist sci-fi with comedic overtones, Daisy is Gone follows an anthrophobic Chinese poet, Meng, as he tries to return a cloned Goldfish, which he believes to be a botched imposter of his lost pet and best friend.
cast
Stanley Wong
Stacy Chu
David Maquiling
crew
writer, director, editor: Ziyao Liu
producers: Changhui Shi, Yueyi Xing
cinematographer: Junyi Fang
production designer: Prairie Tanpitcha Trivuth
sound designer: Wenrui Fan
composer: Moni Guo
poster by Prairie Tanpitcha Trivuth
selected screenings & awards
2025 Brooklyn Film Festival
2025 Les Intergalactiques Sci-Fi Festival
2024 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
SHORTS: Special Jury Award
2024 Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival
2024 8th Jia Village Short Film Festival
2024 FIRST Fantastic Film Festival
2024 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival
2024 St. Louis International Film Festival