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Jessica Yu
Directing · Born 1966-02-14 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
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The Rookie
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Grey's Anatomy
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Castle
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The West Wing
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ER
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American Horror Story
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This Is Us
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Billions
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Only Murders in the Building
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The Morning Show
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Filmography
- 202656 DaysDirector
- 2025A Very Jonas Christmas MovieDirector
- 2025Long Bright RiverDirector
- 2023Quiz LadyDirector
- 2023CitadelDirector
- 2022The RecruitDirector
- 2021Only Murders in the BuildingDirector
- 2021WalkerDirector
- 2020RatchedDirector
- 2020HollywoodDirector
- 2019The Morning ShowDirector
- 2019StumptownDirector
- 2019Bluff City LawExecutive Producer
- 2019Fosse/VerdonDirector
- 2018The RookieDirector
- 2018Sorry for Your LossDirector
- 2017Ten Days in the ValleyDirector
- 2017Maria Bamford: Old BabyDirector
- 201713 Reasons WhyDirector
- 2016Pure GeniusDirector
- 2016This Is UsDirector
- 2016BillionsDirector
- 2016Foreveryone.netDirector
- 2015American CrimeDirector
- 2014The AffairDirector
- 2014MisconceptionDirector
- 2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirector
- 2012Meet Mr ToiletDirector
- 2011American Horror StoryDirector
- 2011Last Call at the OasisDirector
- 2009CastleDirector
- 2008Capturing RealitySelf
- 2008Ping Pong PlayaDirector
- 2008In TreatmentDirector
- 2007ProtagonistDirector
- 2005Grey's AnatomyDirector
- 2004In the Realms of the UnrealDirector
- 2003The Lyon's DenDirector
- 2003Mister SterlingDirector
- 2002American DreamsDirector
- 1999The West WingDirector
- 1998The Living MuseumDirector
- 1996Men of ReenactionDirector
- 1996Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'BrienDirector
- 1996Better LateDirector
- 1994ERDirector
- 1993Sour Death BallsDirector
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —The ConductorDirector
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