Jessica Yu

Director

Born: February 14, 1966 (age 60)
From: New York City, New York, USA

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.…

Filmography (18)

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
Director
Quiz Lady (2023)
Director
Maria Bamford: Old Baby (2017)
Director
Foreveryone.net (2016)
Director
Misconception (2014)
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (2012)
Director
Meet Mr Toilet (2012)
Director
Last Call at the Oasis (2011)
Director
Capturing Reality (2008)
Self
Ping Pong Playa (2008)
Director
Protagonist (2007)
Director
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
Director
The Living Museum (1998)
Director
Men of Reenaction
Men of Reenaction (1996)
Director
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)
Director
Better Late (1996)
Director
Sour Death Balls
Sour Death Balls (1993)
Director
The Conductor
The Conductor
Director