ABOUT ME
Dennis Liu (DGA, WGA) graduated from The Taft School and NYU with a major in film. He is a screenwriter, music video director, and VFX artist. His groundbreaking screen capture piece, "Apple Mac Music Video," quickly raked in a millions of hits online, landing him a spot on the @radical.media director roster in 2008. The video went on to win The People’s Choice Award in the Cannes Saatchi & Saatchi New Director’s Showcase. He’s received accolades from SHOOT, ‘boards, creativity-online.com, AICP (MOMA), Adcolor, Pixar, Cannes Lions, and The One Show.
He has directed commercials and branded content for clients such as Starbucks, Microsoft, Google, Pepsi, AT&T, Nickelodeon, Toyota, and several more. As a music video director he has directed videos for renowned artists such as David Guetta,Diane Birch, Sia, Capital Cities, Sarah Bareilles, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, and Michael Jackson. He directed the opening video for the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, as well as the Google I/O Keynote address. His “YouTube Mosaic Music Video” played in the Guggenheim museum.
In 2015, he wrote and directed RAISING DION as both a comic book and cinematic short film - and received rave reviews from the The Washington Post, The Today Show, Fast Company, Comic Book Resources, The Guardian, etc. In 2017, the project was greenlit straight to series with a 10 episode order at Netflix, starring Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Jason Ritter, and Michael B. Jordan. MACRO produces the 1 hr sci-fi drama tv series with Michael's Outlier Productions. It is currently finishing post in its second season in 2021-2022, with Dennis directing episodes on both seasons.
Dennis is Taiwanese and a dual American/Canadian citizen, and for the past 8 years, he has been an active member of the Director's Guild of America EDSC (Eastern Diversity Steering Committee). The EDSC meets bimonthly and plans programs throughout the year for women and directors of color in the DGA, with the end goal to increase overall diversity and gender equity both in front and behind of the camera. As a speaker, he has given film lectures at Stanford University, UCONN, NYU, and SVA.