Jiayi Li

Jiayi Li was born in Chongqing, China. He is a Multi-Award Winning producer, director, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles and Chongqing. With a love of films, He has been exploring all aspects of film for more than ten years and still keep going. He majored in directing at University. After that, he decided to move to the United States to continue his studies and earned filmmaking degree from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Jiayi Li started career on set in China. In 2012, as the director of project "Only Way of Living", he was in charge of producing a publicity film for Jinfo Mountain of Chongqing. The entire shooting takes one month. The publicity film was eventually well appreciated by the authority and broadcast on several TV channels. Before he came to Los Angeles. He has been "working" as the assistant for eight years to his mentor-director Peng Luan which is the famous commercial producer and director, and participating in the creation of short films and commercials such as Changan cars, Hongyan vehicles, etc. Commercials are on CCTV channels. It is work as he has accumulated experiences in various positions, such as assistant of producer/director, sound mixer, BTS and actor; it is also fun as he has met many friends with the same passion for films. At present, he has established his own new international crew of feature film making, and he could better understand productions and keep pursuing this career. After coming to the United States, he has done a lot of different projects like feature film, shorts, and commercials as producer, director, screenwriter, sound mixer, gaffer, production assistant, etc. As a filmmaker, he knows all aspects of creation and try to be as comprehensive as possible like generalist.