Jessica Yu
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 14, 1966
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- The Conductor
The Conductor TBA
Director
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie 2025
Director
Quiz Lady 2023
Director
Maria Bamford: Old Baby 2017
Director
Foreveryone.net 2016
Director
Misconception 2014
Director, Producer
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas 2012
Director
Meet Mr Toilet 2012
Director
Last Call at the Oasis 2011
Director
Capturing Reality 2008
as Self
Ping Pong Playa 2008
Director, Writer
Protagonist 2007
Director, Writer, Editor
In the Realms of the Unreal 2004
Director, Writer
The Living Museum 1998
Director
- Men of Reenaction
Men of Reenaction 1996
Director
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien 1996
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Better Late 1996
Director, Editor, Writer
- Sour Death Balls
Sour Death Balls 1993
Director
Credits from TMDB.