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Hollywood AI Director Offers Chinese Creator Job After 60M-View Short

5/27/2026

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Hollywood AI filmmaker PJ Accetturo publicly offered Chinese creator Liu Ziyu a job after viewing his short film.
Liu Ziyu, a 29-year-old from Yunnan, produced the AI-generated short “Zombie Scavenger” in ten days with 3,000 yuan (US$440), posting it on mainland Chinese social media on May 9.
The film has amassed over 60 million views worldwide.
Accetturo called it one of the best AI short films he has seen in years.

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Hollywood AI filmmaker PJ Accetturo publicly offered Chinese creator Liu Ziyu a job after viewing his short film.
Liu Ziyu, a 29-year-old from Yunnan, produced the AI-generated short “Zombie Scavenger” in ten days with 3,000 yuan (US$440), posting it on mainland Chinese social media on May 9.
The film has amassed over 60 million views worldwide.
Accetturo called it one of the best AI short films he has seen in years.