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Bing Liu

Film Director
@bingliu89
Preparation for the Next Life • Minding the Gap • America to Me • All These Sons • Courage Museum
  • Photography & Video
  • Following 2.2K
  • Followers 23.2K
  • Engagement 11.23%
  • Avg comments 21

About Bing Liu

Bing Liu (@bingliu89) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. The account has 23,221 followers and 301 published posts. Recent posts average 2,924 likes and 21 comments, an engagement rate of 11.23%.

With 23.2K followers, Bing Liu is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Bing Liu follows 2,171 accounts, so the audience is roughly 11 times the size of the list followed. Bing Liu is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Bing Liu under Film Director, with Photography & Video as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Bing Liu runs to 16 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Bing Liu dates from October 2025.

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301 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Bing Liu, 4 are single images, 4 are carousels and 2 are videos. No single format accounts for most of them. 301 published posts give Bing Liu a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 77 followers for each post published. Bing Liu also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 49 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include preparation, next, life, watch and minding.

“A gorgeous, melancholy love story”
Bing Liu's Preparation for the Next Life is in cinemas Friday - book tickets at
Oscar-nominated director Bing Liu joins us on to share how Barry Jenkins brought him this project, how he recognized his own mother’s story in the book, and what kept him hopeful through six years of development.

Watch or listen to the full conversation — link in bio 🎧
From director Bing Liu and based on Atticus Lish’s novel, Preparation for the Next Life follows the story of Aishe, a Uyghur immigrant trained by her military father, who meets Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East.

Special preview screenings with are now on sale ahead of the UK cinema release on December 12
Preparation for the Next Life has been nominated for the 2025 Gotham Film Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Breakthrough Performer!
Bing Liu is a filmmaker and skateboarder best known for directing MINDING THE GAP, which was nominated for an Oscar, an Independent Spirit, an Emmy and won a Sundance Special Jury and Peabody Award. Other credits include AMERICA TO ME, ALL THESE SONS, and WHAT THE HANDS DO. Since 2021 he has been working on EMPATHY MIRRORS, a museum exhibit in partnership with Actual Films and Futures Without Violence. His latest film, PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE, is a narrative feature produced by Plan B and Pastel for Orion Pictures.

You can read Bing Liu’s essay, “The Eight Homes of Mengyue Zhang” in THE ROCKFORD ANTHOLOGY—out October 21.
"My aspiration is always to find filmmakers that inspire me, like Bing, and characters that I have some gut connection with, but also that feel like someone that I’ve never played before."

We sat down with and to dive into the hopeful message of their their new film, 'Preparation for the Next Life.'

Tap the link in bio to watch the full interview.

📸:
The critics are raving about Preparation for the Next Life, now playing in select Alamo Drafthouse theaters.
Went to Barcelona after delivering the final DCP of Preparation for the Next Life and got to be part of a lil skate video…premiering 5:30p this Sunday 9/7 at Ore Bar, come watch! Flier by
Preparation for the Next Life is a NYT Critic’s Pick!

Hope you can catch the film while it’s still playing on the big screen (STARTING TONIGHT!) at most Alamo Drafthouse locations across the country. Link in bio for tickets!
A great visit from Bing Liu and Fred Hechinger!✨Their new film PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE — directed by Bing and starring Fred — is out in theaters this Friday! You can also check out the Criterion edition Bing's debut MINDING THE GAP (2018) with the link in our bio!

Bing's Picks:
HOOP DREAMS
THE KID WITH A BIKE
SECRETS & LIES
FAREWELL AMOR

Fred's Picks:
MINDING THE GAP
TÓTEM
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
CHAN IS MISSING

Bing Liu's engagement

Bing Liu's engagement rate on Instagram is 11.23%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 139 to 1, with 2,924 likes and 21 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

Engagement rate

11.23%

Avg likes
2.9K
Avg comments
21
Interactions : followers
1 : 9

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Who is Bing Liu?

Bing Liu (@bingliu89) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. Bing Liu is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Bing Liu runs to 16 words.

How many followers does Bing Liu have?

Bing Liu has 23,221 followers on Instagram (23.2K). Bing Liu follows 2,171 accounts, so the audience is roughly 11 times the size of the list followed. 301 published posts give Bing Liu a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is Bing Liu's engagement rate?

Bing Liu's engagement rate on Instagram is 11.23%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 139 to 1, with 2,924 likes and 21 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

What does Bing Liu post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Bing Liu under Film Director, with Photography & Video as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Bing Liu, 4 are single images, 4 are carousels and 2 are videos. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Bing Liu repeatedly use the words preparation, next, life, watch and minding. Bing Liu writes those captions mainly in English. Bing Liu keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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Bing Liu's contact details are not published on Flinque's public profile. The Instagram bio links to 5 external sites, and a free Flinque account opens those links. The account is registered as an Instagram business account. Brands with a free Flinque account can shortlist Bing Liu and use Flinque's outreach tools wherever a contact route is on file.

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