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Jessica Yu
AKA: Jessica Lingman Yu · Jessica Lingmin Yu · ג׳סיקה יו
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Born: 1966
New York City, New York, USA
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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".
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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".
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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| 56 Days | 2026 | Director |
| Long Bright River | 2025 | Director |
| Citadel | 2023 | Director |
| The Recruit | 2022 | Director |
| Only Murders in the Building | 2021 | Director |
| Walker | 2021 | Director |
| Ratched | 2020 | Director |
| Hollywood | 2020 | Director |
| The Morning Show | 2019 | Director |
| Stumptown | 2019 | Director |
| Bluff City Law | 2019 | Director, Executive Producer |
| Fosse/Verdon | 2019 | Director |
| Sorry for Your Loss | 2018 | Director |
| Ten Days in the Valley | 2017 | Director |
| 13 Reasons Why | 2017 | Director |
| Pure Genius | 2016 | Director |
| Billions | 2016 | Director |
| American Crime | 2015 | Director |
| American Horror Story | 2011 | Director |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2005 | Director |
| The Lyon's Den | 2003 | Director |
| Mister Sterling | 2003 | Director |
| American Dreams | 2002 | Director |
| The West Wing | 1999 | Director |
| ER | 1994 | Director |
| The Oscars | 1953 | Self |