Born and raised in Hong Kong, Justin Chor Yu Liu (廖楚瑜) is an aspiring writer/director/editor and first-year candidate for an MFA in Film and TV Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He recently received his BA from Northwestern University, where he majored in radio/television/film and minored in gender and sexuality studies and Asian humanities. He wants to tell LGBTQ+ romantic stories from an Asian point of view. His favorite movies are Yi Yi, Moonlight, Weekend (2011), and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and his biggest influence is Hirokazu Kore-eda.