She first made a name for herself with her 2005 autobiographical documentary Banana in a Nutshell, followed by romcom My Wedding and Other Secrets in 2011.
But it was with her 2017 action-short Do No Harm that Liang found international acclaim - and now she has directed her first big Hollywood action thriller.
It’s called Shadow in the Cloud, and the film has met great reviews. It was named People’s Choice in its section of the Toronto Film Festival and has Liang touted as a director to watch in 2021
She joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss her Hollywood debut.
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