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Nelson Lik-wai Yu

Nelson Lik-wai Yu

Actor, Cinematographer, Director

Born August 12, 1966 in British Hong Kong

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Biography

Yu Lik-wai (simplified Chinese: 余力为; traditional Chinese: 余力爲; pinyin: Yú Lìwéi; Jyutping: Yu4 Lik6 Wai4; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS (Institut National Superieur des Arts de Spectacle) where he graduated with a degree in cinematography in 1994. Yu has become a mainstay in both the cinemas of China (where he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director Jia Zhangke) and Hong Kong.

Yu has served as director of photography for nearly all of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's films, and along with Jia, the two men founded their own independent film production company, Xstream Pictures.

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6 wins and 23 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

1

Dream Home Poster

Dream Home Feature Film2010Brother Wah

Cinematographer

37

Type

Year

Heaven and Hell Poster

Heaven and Hell Feature Film2025

Caught by the Tides Poster

Caught by the Tides Feature Film2024

Out of Jungle Poster

Out of Jungle Short Film2023

Nian Short Film2021

This body is so impermanent... Poster

This body is so impermanent... Feature Film2021

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Poster

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Documentary2020

The Best Is Yet to Come Poster

The Best Is Yet to Come Feature Film2020

The Bucket Poster

The Bucket Short Film2019

Beyond Index Poster

Beyond Index Feature Film2017

Our Time Will Come Poster

Our Time Will Come Feature Film2017

Where Has the Time Gone? Poster

Where Has the Time Gone? Feature Film2017

The Hedonists Poster

The Hedonists Short Film2016

Cities in Love Poster

Cities in Love Feature Film2015

Mountains May Depart Poster

Mountains May Depart Feature Film2015

Smog Journeys Poster

Smog Journeys Short Film2015

A Touch of Sin Poster

A Touch of Sin Feature Film2013

Beloved Feature Film2013

Forgetting to Know You Poster

Forgetting to Know You Feature Film2013

A Simple Life Poster

A Simple Life Feature Film2011

Flower Feature Film2011

Yulu Documentary2011

Dream Home Poster

Dream Home Feature Film2010

I Wish I Knew Poster

I Wish I Knew Documentary2010

Shi nian Poster

Shi nian Video2009

24 City Feature Film2008

Getting Home Poster

Getting Home Feature Film2007

Wuyong Documentary2007

Dong Documentary2006

Still Life Poster

Still Life Feature Film2006

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Poster

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Feature Film2006

The World Poster

The World Feature Film2004

Unknown Pleasures Poster

Unknown Pleasures Feature Film2002

In Public Poster

In Public Short Film2001

Platform Poster

Platform Feature Film2000

Ordinary Heroes Poster

Ordinary Heroes Feature Film1999

Pickpocket Poster

Pickpocket Feature Film1997

L'heure grise Short Film1996

Director

8

Type

Year

Plastic City Poster

Plastic City Feature Film2008

Dance with Me to the End of Love Poster

Dance with Me to the End of Love Short Film2004

Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004 Poster

Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004 Feature Film2004

All Tomorrow's Parties Poster

All Tomorrow's Parties Feature Film2003

Love Will Tear Us Apart Poster

Love Will Tear Us Apart Feature Film1999

Neon Goddesses Poster

Neon Goddesses Documentary1996

Yuan Ping Short Film1995

Shanghai, I Love You Poster

Shanghai, I Love You Feature Film

Producer

4

Type

Year

Wuyong Documentary2007

The World Poster

The World Feature Film2004

Unknown Pleasures Poster

Unknown Pleasures Feature Film2002

Platform Poster

Platform Feature Film2000

Camera and Electrical Department

3

Type

Year

L'heure grise Short Film1996

The Pillow Book Poster

The Pillow Book Feature Film1996

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Poster

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Feature Film1995

Writer

3

Plastic City Poster

Plastic City Feature Film2008

All Tomorrow's Parties Poster

All Tomorrow's Parties Feature Film2003

Love Will Tear Us Apart Poster

Love Will Tear Us Apart Feature Film1999

Thanks

1

K Feature Film2015

Visual Effects

1

eXistenZ Poster

eXistenZ Feature Film1999

Other Crew

1

Ash Is Purest White Poster

Ash Is Purest White Feature Film2018

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