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