Directing

Jessica Yu

born 1966 · Directing

63.7avg grm

34titles

#81best rank

1honors

best title · #81 on siteThis Is Us2016 · as Director · series74.2

Honors

1

1997Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Bio

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.

Filmography

goodrecmovies Score

2020s6 titles

Long Bright River2025 · as Director · series61.2 R

The Recruit2022 · as Director · series61.2 W

Walker2021 · as Director · series69.3 O

Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Director · series64.5 H

Hollywood2020 · as Director · series63.2 R

Ratched2020 · as Director · series61.3

2010s18 titles

The Morning Show2019 · as Director · series65.3 F

Fosse/Verdon2019 · as Director · series65.0 B

Bluff City Law2019 · as Director · series64.1 S

Stumptown2019 · as Director · series62.8 S

Sorry for Your Loss2018 · as Director · series63.5 R

The Rookie2018 · as Director · series58.5 I

I'm Dying Up Here2017 · as Director · series64.0 1

13 Reasons Why2017 · as Director · series59.9 T

This Is Us2016 · as Director · series74.2 B

Billions2016 · as Director · series65.3 P

Pure Genius2016 · as Director · series63.9 L

Lady Dynamite2016 · as Director · series63.8 A

American Crime2015 · as Director · series66.5 A

The Affair2014 · as Director · series63.3 S

Scandal2012 · as Director · series64.5 A

American Horror Story2011 · as Director · series60.1 L

Last Call at the Oasis2011 · as Director58.3 P

Parenthood2010 · as Director · series65.2

2000s8 titles

Castle2009 · as Director · series67.3 I

In Treatment2008 · as Director · series63.8 P

Protagonist2007 · as Director58.0 G

Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Director · series65.6 I

In the Realms of the Unreal2004 · as Director56.9 M

Mister Sterling2003 · as Director · series64.2 A

American Dreams2002 · as Director · series64.1 G

The Guardian2001 · as Director · series64.0

1990s2 titles

The West Wing1999 · as Director · series69.5 E

ER1994 · as Director · series65.3

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Jessica Yu

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born1966

known forDirecting

titles on site34

best title rank#81 · This Is Us (2016)

avg GRM63.7

honors1 · Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject), 1997

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.

Filmography

goodrecmovies Score

2020s

6 titles

61.2Long Bright River2025 · as Director · series R

61.2The Recruit2022 · as Director · series W

69.3Walker2021 · as Director · series O

64.5Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Director · series H

63.2Hollywood2020 · as Director · series R

61.3Ratched2020 · as Director · series

2010s

18 titles

65.3The Morning Show2019 · as Director · series F

65.0Fosse/Verdon2019 · as Director · series B

64.1Bluff City Law2019 · as Director · series S

62.8Stumptown2019 · as Director · series S

63.5Sorry for Your Loss2018 · as Director · series R

58.5The Rookie2018 · as Director · series I

64.0I'm Dying Up Here2017 · as Director · series 1

59.913 Reasons Why2017 · as Director · series T

74.2This Is Us2016 · as Director · series B

65.3Billions2016 · as Director · series P

63.9Pure Genius2016 · as Director · series L

63.8Lady Dynamite2016 · as Director · series A

66.5American Crime2015 · as Director · series A

63.3The Affair2014 · as Director · series S

64.5Scandal2012 · as Director · series A

60.1American Horror Story2011 · as Director · series L

58.3Last Call at the Oasis2011 · as Director P

65.2Parenthood2010 · as Director · series

2000s

8 titles

67.3Castle2009 · as Director · series I

63.8In Treatment2008 · as Director · series P

58.0Protagonist2007 · as Director G

65.6Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Director · series I

56.9In the Realms of the Unreal2004 · as Director M

64.2Mister Sterling2003 · as Director · series A

64.1American Dreams2002 · as Director · series G

64.0The Guardian2001 · as Director · series

1990s

2 titles

69.5The West Wing1999 · as Director · series E

65.3ER1994 · as Director · series

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