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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Yu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Director
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American Horror Story (2011) — Director
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13 Reasons Why (2017) — Director
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The Rookie (2018) — Director
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Only Murders in the Building (2021) — Director
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Castle (2009) — Director
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This Is Us (2016) — Director
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Ratched (2020) — Director
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Billions (2016) — Director
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ER (1994) — Director
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The Morning Show (2019) — Director
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The West Wing (1999) — Director
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Citadel (2023) — Director
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The Recruit (2022) — Director
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The Affair (2014) — Director
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Walker (2021) — Director
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Hollywood (2020) — Director
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Quiz Lady (2023) — Director
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56 Days (2026) — Director
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In Treatment (2008) — Director
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Stumptown (2019) — Director
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American Crime (2015) — Director
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A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025) — Director
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Long Bright River (2025) — Director
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Pure Genius (2016) — Director
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Fosse/Verdon (2019) — Director
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Ping Pong Playa (2008) — Director
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Sorry for Your Loss (2018) — Director
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In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) — Director
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Ten Days in the Valley (2017) — Director
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Maria Bamford: Old Baby (2017) — Director
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Bluff City Law (2019) — Director
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American Dreams (2002) — Director
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Protagonist (2007) — Director
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Last Call at the Oasis (2011) — Director
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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996) — Director
- Sour Death Balls (1993) — Director
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The Lyon's Den (2003) — Director
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Better Late (1996) — Director
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Mister Sterling (2003) — Director