Jessica Yu
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.
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Yu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Quiz Lady2023 · Director3.3ActuallyLike
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025 · Director3.1ActuallyLike
In the Realms of the Unreal2004 · Director, Writer3.6
Ping Pong Playa2008 · Director, Writer2.9
Protagonist2007 · Director, Writer, Editor3.5
Last Call at the Oasis2011 · Director3.7
Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017 · Director2.6
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien1996 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor3.3ActuallyLike pages
Cast credits
Crew credits
Quiz Lady2023 · Director3.3ActuallyLikeA Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025 · Director3.1ActuallyLikeIn the Realms of the Unreal2004 · Director, Writer3.6Ping Pong Playa2008 · Director, Writer2.9Protagonist2007 · Director, Writer, Editor3.5Last Call at the Oasis2011 · Director3.7Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017 · Director2.6Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien1996 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor3.3TThe ConductorMovie · Director5.0
The Living Museum1998 · Director3.5MMen of Reenaction1996 · Director4.5SSour Death Balls1993 · Director3.0
Misconception2014 · Director, Producer2.5
Better Late1996 · Director, Editor, Writer1.7
Foreveryone.net2016 · Director
Meet Mr Toilet2012 · Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas2012 · Director