Jessica Yu

Jessica Yu

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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Discover the best movies directed by Jessica Yu. Explore the complete filmography, including critically acclaimed masterpieces, box office hits, and top-rated Jessica Yu films ranked by score.

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Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady (2023)

Comedy
Anne has spent her life mastering trivia and game show protocols, building an armor of competitive precision. When her mother's debts come due and her dog vanishes, she's forced into...
Score 6.7

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