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Jessica Yu | |
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| Born | Jessica Lingman Yu 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer |
| Spouse | Mark Salzman |
Jessica Lingman Yu (born 1966 in Palo Alto, California) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has worked on documentaries, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (imdb) (1996).
Early life
Yu graduated from Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California. She then went to Yale University and became a NCAA All American in fencing and competed on the US National team.
Personal life
She, her writer/actor husband Mark Salzman, and their daughters Ava and Esme live in Los Angeles.[citation needed] A fifth-generation American, her father's family is from Shanghai and her mother's is from Guangdong.[citation needed]
Selected filmography (as director)
- Ping Pong Playa (2008)
- Protagonist (2007)
- Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
- The West Wing (TV series)
- In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
- American Dreams TV Series
- The Guardian (TV series)
- ER (TV series)
- The Living Museum (1998)
- Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)
Yu received an Oscar in the category Best Documentary Short Film with this film.[1]
- The Conductor (1994)
- Sour Death Balls (1993)
References
External links
- Jessica Yu at IMDb
- Ping Pong Playa official film website
- Protagonist official film website
- In The Realms Of The Unreal official film website by Diorama Films, LLC
- Breathing Lessons official film website on Pacific News Service
- Sour Death Balls video at Lumen Eclipse
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- 1966 births
- American documentary filmmakers
- American film directors
- American film directors of Asian descent
- American film producers
- American television directors
- American television writers
- American people of Chinese descent
- Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
- Female film directors
- Female television directors
- Living people
- People from Palo Alto, California
- Women screenwriters
- Yale University alumni
- American film director, 1960s birth stubs