DIRECTOR & WRITER

Liv Colliander is a Danish director and writer based in Los Angeles.

When her family, without warning, relocated from Denmark to France, a five year old Liv didn’t understand a single word spoken and was desperate to make friends. So she discovered the magical power of visual communication. While she still uses her visual storytelling to connect with strangers and feel less lonely in this wild wild world, the scenery and culture around her has changed many times since.

After getting her start in the Danish commercial industry, Liv moved to LA to attend the American Film Institute Conservatory (grad. 2015). Here she received the prestigious Alessandro F. Uzielli scholarship from the Head of Ford Global Brand Entertainment. Her award-winning thesis film Dryland screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide and sold to AMC’s ShortsTV.

Liv continues to develop longer narratives, but since graduating has also worked with brands including LEGO, Femina, Porsche and Kodak. Her short piece Planetarium, an inspiring portrait of a diverse selection of women all over LA, was launched on Vice’s I-D.

In 2019 Liv was one of ten directors chosen for the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP), an initiative by the Association of Independent Producers (AICP) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) supporting new, diverse talent behind the camera. The following year, Liv signed with Danish U ITCH I SCRATCH for commercial representation in Denmark.

Her commercial work focuses on storytelling, as well as directing honest, authentic performances from trained actors and non-actors alike. While always aiming to capture the smallest, yet most powerful and poetic everyday moments, Liv’s love for creating bigger worlds with magic-realism, action and science-fiction is a driving force in her creative journey.

Liv is currently developing a Sci-Fi TV show, as well as her first feature. Perhaps due to her recurring status as an alien, Liv's stories often follow the stranger or outcast who is desperate to fit in. Her worlds are shaped by lies and secrets, and the antihero is more often than not the one we find ourselves cheering for.

When she is not on set or hiding away writing, Liv travels the world and wonders what her life would have been like as an astronaut exploring the hidden secrets of the far away universe.

FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS

PLANETARIUM (2018), Co-Director & Co-Writer: 

Premiered on VICE’s I-D

DRYLAND (2016), Director & Co-Writer:

New Filmmakers Los Angeles, March 2017, Sportlight: Female Directors

Laughlin International Film Festival 2016, Winner: Best US Short

Nevada Women's Film Festival 2017, Honorable Mention: Outstanding Student Film

California Women's Film Festival 2017, Winner Best Supporting Actress

Reykjavík International Film Festival 2016, Golden Egg Selection / Finalist

Minimalen 29th Short Film Festival 2017, Trondheim Norway, Official Selection

American Film Festival 2016, Wroclaw, Poland

LA Shorts Fest 2016, Official Selection

SOHO International Film Festival 2016, Official Selection

Paris Independent Film Festival 2016, Official Selection

Busan International Art Film Festival, Official Selection - Drama 2016

Annual Copenhagen Film Festival 2017, Official Selection

OIFF Turin Cinefest 2017, Official Selection

Frozen Film Festival Saint Paul MN 2017, Official Selection

Los Angeles CineFest 2017, Semi Finalist

Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival 2017, Official Selection

Audience Awards 2017, Competing Film

Las Vegas Film Festival 2016, Official Selection

NYC Independent Film Festival, Official Selection

MANDEN UDENFOR / odd man out (2009), Director & Co-Writer:

Aired on national television in Denmark, Kanal København, in 2010 as part of a 'young Danish filmmakers' shorts program series

Premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival 2009

Screened in Empire Bio Cinema in Copenhagen 2009

MANDEN OVERFOR / man across (2007), Director & Writer

Screened in Empire Bio Cinema in Copenhagen 2007