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Jessica Yu

Directing 60 years old New York City, New York, USA ★ 0.9
Born: February 14, 1966

Biography

Jessica Yu (Chinese: 虞琳敏; pinyin: Yú Línmǐn) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows.

Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1996 for Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996). Yu's film Last Call at the Oasis (2012) is based on Alex Prud'homme's Ripple Effect. Her more recent films have been Misconception (2014), ForEveryone.Net (2016), a documentary film about the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and a Netflix comedy Maria Bamford: Old Baby (2017). In 2019, Yu was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Direction for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special" for the Fosse/Verdon episode "Glory".

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External Links

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Known For

The Rookie
The Rookie Director 2018
56 Days
56 Days Director 2026
The West Wing
The West Wing Director 1999
This Is Us
This Is Us Director 2016
Billions
Billions Director 2016

Filmography

Acting Credits (2)

Directing Credits (46)

Writing Credits (5)

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