Calvin Liu is a Chinese Canadian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Montreal. A 2025 graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, he has been twice nominated for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award (2024 & 2025) and is the recipient of La Bourse de la Relève from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (2025). He also received the Jean-François Bourassa Award for Outstanding Cinematography (2023) and won the Spark Project at the 2023 Nanlite International Competition.
Calvin’s approach to cinematography balances raw realism with poetic abstraction, blending documentary intimacy with an artistic, highly composed aesthetic. His experience in both narrative fiction and documentary cinematography allows him to strike the perfect balance between efficiency and artistic vision on set. He is drawn to artists who are passionate, curious, and unafraid to be vulnerable, whether in narrative, documentary, commercial, or experimental work.
He is currently in the post-production of his directorial debut documentary feature "洋洋" (Yang Yang).