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= Joyce Liu-Countryman = Joyce Liu-Countryman (she/her/hers) is a Chinese American film producer and actress, primarily of narrative shorts and features. She is best known for producing films such as Eat with Me (2014), No Returns (2018) , Becoming Eddie (2020) , and more. The content she produces is focused on increasing representation for marginalized communities and addressing social justice issues. Other areas where she addresses such issues include her published social science research, The hard lessons of a model minority living in a racist world which examines the negative impact of racial stereotypes, prejudice, and inequality imposed on ethnic minorities.

In 2015, Liu-Countryman alongside director David Au won the Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice for their film Eat with Me (2014) at the DisOrient Film Festival.

In 2018, another film produced by her, No Returns (2018) won Best Original Dramatic Short at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

Early Life and Education
Liu-Countryman grew up in San Francisco, California.

She attended UCLA where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and anthropology. She continued to obtain her Master of Science in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as pursuing her doctoral studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. In 2018, she graduated from the American Film Institute acquiring a Master of Fine Arts in producing and additionally, founding the AFI Alumni Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

"'The AFI experience is transformational. This is a place where ideas of all sorts and all perspectives come to blossom. Remember that the relationships and the skills you foster here are the ones that will buoy you up throughout your entire career.'"

Film Producing
Liu-Countryman began producing with the short, You've Got Junk Mail which was created in part of The 48 Hour Film Project competition in Los Angeles. In 2014, she marks her entry into feature film producing with Eat with Me (2014). When asked about the story of the film at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Liu-Countryman described the film as "A mother who is trying to connect with her gay son but surely hasn't come to terms with his sexual identity so the way they connect... they cook together and they eat together and they use food to bridge that divide." Her debut feature film premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival, is domestically and internationally distributed through Wolfe Video, and garnered multiple nominations and awards including Best Feature Film at the 2014 Florence Queer Festival and Best Comedy Feature at the 2014 Out on Film Festival. Soon after, she produced and starred in the dramatic television series short Unusual Target (2014-2015). Liu-Countryman dedicates the next several years to build up more producing credits through various short films such as No Returns (2018), Running Shadow (2019), and Becoming Eddie (2020).

Acting
Her acting career launched in 2007 after being cast in Season 4 of I Wanna Be a Soap Star. Over the next few years, Liu-Countryman appeared in numerous television productions including but not limited to, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Get Thee Behind Me, and Celeste Bright. She also has voice acting credits in the films Funny People (2009) and Disney's Planes (2013). In 2014, Liu-Countryman won Best Actress for her performance in the contemporary drama short, Hew (2012) at the Asians On Film Festival. A year later, she starred as the lead actress in a San Francisco Regional theatre production of David Henry Hwang's, Chinglish and received a nomination for Best Actress from the Theatre Bay Area Awards.

Producer credits
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Asians On Film Festival

 * 2014: Best Actress (for Hew, won)

Out on Film

 * 2014: Jury Award (for Eat with Me, won)
 * 2014: Audience Award, Best Comedy Feature (for Eat with Me, won)

Florence Queer Festival

 * 2014: Best Feature Film (for Eat with Me, won)

Los Angeles Film Festival

 * 2014: LA Muse Award (for Eat with Me, nominated)

DisOrient Film Festival

 * 2015: Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice (for Eat with me, won)

Theatre Bay Area Awards

 * 2015: Best Actress Award (for Chinglish, nominated)

World-Fest Houston International Film Festival

 * 2018: Original Dramatic Short (for No Returns, won)