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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-02-14 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jessica Yu

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".

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Known For

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Grey's Anatomy

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The Rookie

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This Is Us

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Castle

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The West Wing

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Billions

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American Horror Story

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ER

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The Morning Show

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13 Reasons Why

Acting

2008

Capturing Reality as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

Directing

2025

Long Bright River as Director

2023

Quiz Lady as Director

Citadel as Director

2022

The Recruit as Director

2021

Walker as Director

Only Murders in the Building as Director

2020

Hollywood as Director

Ratched as Director

2019

Stumptown as Director

Bluff City Law as Director

The Morning Show as Director

Fosse/Verdon as Director

2018

The Rookie as Director

Sorry For Your Loss as Director

2017

Maria Bamford: Old Baby as Director

Ten Days in the Valley as Director

13 Reasons Why as Director

2016

Foreveryone.net as Director

Pure Genius as Director

Billions as Director

This Is Us as Director

2015

American Crime as Director

2014

Misconception as Director

2012

Meet Mr Toilet as Director

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas as Director

2011

Last Call at the Oasis as Director

American Horror Story as Director

2009

Castle as Director

2008

Ping Pong Playa as Director

In Treatment as Director

2007

Protagonist as Director

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Director

2004

In the Realms of the Unreal as Director

2003

Mister Sterling as Director

The Lyon's Den as Director

2002

American Dreams as Director

1999

The West Wing as Director

1998

The Living Museum as Director

1996

Better Late as Director

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien as Director

1994

ER as Director

1993

Sour Death Balls as Director

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A Very Jonas Christmas as Director

Writing

2008

Ping Pong Playa as Author

2007

Protagonist as Writer

1996

Better Late as Writer

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien as Writer

Editing

2007

Protagonist as Editor

1996

Better Late as Editor

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien as Editor

Production

2019

Bluff City Law as Executive Producer

2014

Misconception as Producer

1996

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien as Producer

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The Venery of Samantha Bird as Consulting Producer