Li Lu

Li Lu was born in Suzhou, China, and moved to the United States when she was five. Daughter of two physicists, Li discovered filmmaking via her lifelong passions of photography, ballet, and literature. After an adventurous immigrant upbringing spanning all three coasts, Li graduated high school in Sugar Land, TX, and received her BA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her award-winning narrative television, feature, and documentary work has been supported by Sundance, Firelight Media, Ford Foundation, Disney, ITVS, Austin Film Society, Gotham, CAAM, and others. Her directorial work can be streamed on Hulu, Disney+, Amazon, PBS, and Netflix. A lover of all storytelling, Li strives to create bold and fearless projects spanning genre and form.