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Jessica Yu (born 1965 or 1966) 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]
- Director, writer, producer
- Jessica Lingmin Yu, February 14, 1966 (age 57), New York City
Jessica Yu is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed and produced TV shows such as Fosse/Verdon, Billions, and 13 Reasons Why. She was born in 1966, graduated from Yale, and was a fencer in the US national team.
- Director, Producer, Writer
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Nov 4, 2023 · 00:00. 59:33. SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “ Quiz Lady ,” now streaming on Hulu. The premise of Jessica Yu ‘s “Quiz Lady” seems like the perfect recipe for an over ...
Jessica Yu is an Oscar-winning and Emmy-winning filmmaker and writer who works in various media and genres. She has directed and written documentaries, features, and TV shows, and is the author of Garden of the Lost and Abandoned, a novel.
Oct 31, 2023 · Jessica Yu is a director, producer and Oscar winner who has worked on documentaries, TV shows and comedies. She talks about her latest film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh and Awkwafina, which tells a unique Asian American story without having to point out the characters' Asianness.
Nov 4, 2023 · Jessica Yu discusses her first feature film Quiz Lady, a comedy about a dysfunctional family starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh. She reveals how she worked with the stars to create a heartfelt and hilarious story, and what inspired her to make the film. She also shares some of the shocking plot points that Awkwafina suggested, such as a traumatic memory involving a hole in the yard.
Jessica Yu is a director and producer, known for Fosse/Verdon (2019), Billions (2016) and Maria Bamford: Old Baby (2017). She was born in 1966, a former fencer and graduate of Yale University. She is married to Mark Salzman and has a trivia page on IMDb.
