Li Lu

Li Lu is a Los Angeles based director and producer. She was born in Suzhou, China and moved to the United States at the age of five. Daughter of two physicists, Li discovered her passion in prose. This quickly transitioned into a visual medium through photography, then ultimately into filmmaking. Raised on all three coasts and graduating high school in Sugar Land, TX, Li graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with a concentration on writing and directing.

Her short films Autumn and Before the Flood have played numerous film festivals around the world such as New York’s Anthology Film Archives, Global Chinese University Film Festival in Hong Kong, and indieVIXENS at SXSW. Her music video work has been shown on networks such as Nickelodeon, MTV Asia, and Channel V. Her latest video has surpassed one million views on YouTube. Her producing credits include documentaries, narrative shorts, music videos for artists such as Mastodon and Young Man, and commercials for clients such as Mary Kay, Gilt Groupe, and Coca Cola.