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Jessica Yu
Yu in 2010
Born
1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)
Alma mater
Yale University
Occupation(s)
Director, writer, producer
Years active
1993–present
Spouse
Mark Salzman
Children
2
Website
www.jessicayu.net
Jessica Yu (born 1965 or 1966) (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).[1] Yu's film Last Call at the Oasis (2012) is based upon 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".
^Lowenstein, Lael (Fall 2012). "Finding Her Way". DGA Quarterly. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
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that there is more to Vasily than meets the eye. 163 12 "The Blame Game" JessicaYu Michal Zebede February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) 812 5.48 Following the murder...
the day his parents' marriage "blew up". 92 4 "Don't Let Me Keep You" JessicaYu Elan Mastai January 25, 2022 (2022-01-25) 6AZC04 4.76 As a child, Jack...
credited as producer on the documentary Last Call at the Oasis, directed by JessicaYu. In early 2013, Matthews participated in a jam session at Blade Studios...
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