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Yu Cao

Yu Cao

Cinematographer, Producer, Other Crew

Born August 15, 1974

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Cao Yu (born August 15, 1974) is a Chinese cinematographer and the founder of Bad Rabbit Pictures. He is a member of both the American and Chinese Society of Cinematographers.

Cao Yu began his cinematic career after graduating from the Department of Film Photography at the Beijing Film Academy in 1997. He won the Young Artist Fund of the 54th Cannes Film Festival for his graduation work, Waiting to Dodge. He was the Director of Photography of the film, Flying like a Feather, which won the Locarno International Film Festival Committee Special Award in 2001.

Cao has worked with Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan on multiple titles, including Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004), a drama inspired by a true story, City of Life and Death (2009) a war film that re-creates a tragic chapter in Chinese history, and the Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015), an adventure action film adapted from Tianxia Bachang's 2006 best-selling novel Ghost Blows Out the Light. In 2004, Kekexili won the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse for Best Picture. In the same year, it also won the Special Jury Prize at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival. City of Life and Death has been invited to be screened at numerous film festivals, winning Best Film Awards at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the 2009 San Sebastian International Film Festival. Also, it earned him multiple Best Cinematography Awards at festivals aforementioned as well as the 2010 Asian Film and Golden Horse awards. In 2016, See You Tomorrow, a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced by Wong Kar-wai garnered him the Best Cinematography Award at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. In recent years, Cao has collaborated with film director Chen Kaige on the 2017 fantasy mystery film Legend of the Demon Cat.

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12 wins and 8 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

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Tales of Chinese Filmmakers Poster

Tales of Chinese Filmmakers Mini-Series2020Self

Cinematographer

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Decoded Feature Film2024

Flowers from the Ashes Poster

Flowers from the Ashes Feature Film2023

Mensheye zlo Poster

Mensheye zlo Feature Film2023

Qi Dai Feature Film2022

1921 Feature Film2021

My Country, My Parents Poster

My Country, My Parents Feature Film2021

My People, My Homeland Poster

My People, My Homeland Feature Film2020

The Eight Hundred Poster

The Eight Hundred Feature Film2020

My People, My Country Poster

My People, My Country Feature Film2019

Forever Young Poster

Forever Young Feature Film2018

Legend of the Demon Cat Poster

Legend of the Demon Cat Feature Film2017

See You Tomorrow Poster

See You Tomorrow Feature Film2016

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Poster

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Feature Film2015

Eastern Bandits Poster

Eastern Bandits Feature Film2012

The Law of Attraction Poster

The Law of Attraction Feature Film2011

Color Me Love Poster

Color Me Love Feature Film2010

Driverless Poster

Driverless Feature Film2010

City of Life and Death Poster

City of Life and Death Feature Film2009

Mountain Patrol Poster

Mountain Patrol Feature Film2004

Run Away Feature Film2002

Dancing Girls Feature Film2000

Love in the Internet Generation Poster

Love in the Internet Generation Feature Film1998

Shei jianguo yesheng dongwu de jieri Poster

Shei jianguo yesheng dongwu de jieri Feature Film1998

Producer

2

Village Rockstars 2 Poster

Village Rockstars 2 Feature Film2024

Qi Dai Feature Film2022

Other Crew

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Village Music Poster

Village Music Feature Film2024

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