
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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Acting (1 movie)
Directing (16 movies)

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004

Better Late
1996

Ping Pong Playa
2008

Protagonist
2007

Last Call at the Oasis
2011

Meet Mr Toilet
2012

Quiz Lady
2023

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
1996
Sour Death Balls
1993

Misconception
2014

Foreveryone.net
2016

Maria Bamford: Old Baby
2017

The Living Museum
1998

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2012

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025
Men of Reenaction
1996
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Better Late | 1996 | Writer | 
| Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien | 1996 | Writer | 
| Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien | 1996 | Producer | 
| Protagonist | 2007 | Writer | 
| Misconception | 2014 | Producer | 
