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Jessica Yu

Jessica Yu

Actor, Director, Producer

Born February 14, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA

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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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7 wins and 12 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

Body Parts Poster

Body Parts Documentary2022Self

TakePart Live Poster

TakePart Live TV Series2013Self - Guest

Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Poster

Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Documentary2008Self

The 69th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 69th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1997Self - Winner

Director

54

Type

Year

56 Days TV Series2026

The Land TV Series2026

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie Poster

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie Feature Film2025

Long Bright River Poster

Long Bright River Mini-Series2025

Citadel TV Series2023

Quiz Lady Poster

Quiz Lady Feature Film2023

Walker TV Series2021

Hollywood Poster

Hollywood Mini-Series2020

Ratched TV Series2020

Bluff City Law Poster

Bluff City Law TV Series2019

Fosse/Verdon Poster

Fosse/Verdon Mini-Series2019

Stumptown Poster

Stumptown TV Series2019

The Morning Show Poster

The Morning Show TV Series2019

Sorry for Your Loss Poster

Sorry for Your Loss TV Series2018

The Rookie Poster

The Rookie TV Series2018

13 Reasons Why Poster

13 Reasons Why TV Series2017

I'm Dying Up Here Poster

I'm Dying Up Here TV Series2017

Maria Bamford: Old Baby Poster

Maria Bamford: Old Baby TV Special2017

Ten Days in the Valley Poster

Ten Days in the Valley TV Series2017

Billions Poster

Billions TV Series2016

ForEveryone.Net Poster

ForEveryone.Net Short Film2016

James Turrell: You Who Look Poster

James Turrell: You Who Look Short Film2016

Lady Dynamite Poster

Lady Dynamite TV Series2016

Pure Genius Poster

Pure Genius TV Series2016

This Is Us Poster

This Is Us TV Series2016

American Crime Poster

American Crime TV Series2015

Misconception Poster

Misconception Documentary2014

The Affair Poster

The Affair TV Series2014

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss Poster

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss Documentary2014

The Guide Poster

The Guide Short Film2013

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Poster

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Documentary2012

Meet Mr. Toilet Poster

Meet Mr. Toilet Short Film2012

Scandal TV Series2012

Last Call at the Oasis Poster

Last Call at the Oasis Documentary2011

Parenthood Poster

Parenthood TV Series2010

Castle TV Series2009

The Kinda Sutra Documentary2009

In Treatment Poster

In Treatment TV Series2008

Ping Pong Playa Poster

Ping Pong Playa Feature Film2007

Protagonist Poster

Protagonist Documentary2007

Grey's Anatomy Poster

Grey's Anatomy TV Series2005

In the Realms of the Unreal Poster

In the Realms of the Unreal Documentary2004

Mister Sterling Poster

Mister Sterling TV Series2003

The Lyon's Den Poster

The Lyon's Den TV Series2003

American Dreams Poster

American Dreams TV Series2002

The Guardian Poster

The Guardian TV Series2001

The West Wing Poster

The West Wing TV Series1999

Better Late Poster

Better Late Short Film1998

The Living Museum Poster

The Living Museum Documentary1998

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Poster

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Documentary1996

Men of Reenaction Feature Film1996

ER TV Series1994

The Conductor Feature Film1994

Sour Death Balls Short Film1993

Producer

13

Type

Year

The Venery of Samantha Bird TV Series2024

Walker TV Series2021

Bluff City Law Poster

Bluff City Law TV Series2019

13 Reasons Why Poster

13 Reasons Why TV Series2017

ForEveryone.Net Poster

ForEveryone.Net Short Film2016

Meet Mr. Toilet Poster

Meet Mr. Toilet Short Film2012

Last Call at the Oasis Poster

Last Call at the Oasis Documentary2011

Protagonist Poster

Protagonist Documentary2007

In the Realms of the Unreal Poster

In the Realms of the Unreal Documentary2004

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Poster

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Documentary1996

Men of Reenaction Feature Film1996

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Poster

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Documentary1994

Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember Poster

Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember Documentary1990

Writer

9

Type

Year

ForEveryone.Net Poster

ForEveryone.Net Short Film2016

Last Call at the Oasis Poster

Last Call at the Oasis Documentary2011

Ping Pong Playa Poster

Ping Pong Playa Feature Film2007

Protagonist Poster

Protagonist Documentary2007

In the Realms of the Unreal Poster

In the Realms of the Unreal Documentary2004

Better Late Poster

Better Late Short Film1998

The Living Museum Poster

The Living Museum Documentary1998

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Poster

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Documentary1996

Men of Reenaction Feature Film1996

Editor

7

Type

Year

The Guide Poster

The Guide Short Film2013

Protagonist Poster

Protagonist Documentary2007

In the Realms of the Unreal Poster

In the Realms of the Unreal Documentary2004

Better Late Poster

Better Late Short Film1998

The Living Museum Poster

The Living Museum Documentary1998

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Poster

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Documentary1996

Men of Reenaction Feature Film1996

Thanks

3

Type

Year

Cabin for Two Poster

Cabin for Two Feature Film2021

Tyrus Documentary2015

Moment Theatral Short Film2007

Script and Continuity Department

1

Picture Bride Poster

Picture Bride Feature Film1994

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