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Nelson Yu Lik-wai
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Nelson Yu Lik-wai

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1966Born, Hong Kong
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Yu Lik-wai (simplified Chinese: 余力为; traditional Chinese: 余力爲; pinyin: Yú Lìwéi; Jyutping: Yu4 Lik6 Wai4; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS (Institut National Superieur des Arts de Spectacle) where he graduated with a degree in cinematography in 1994. Yu has become a mainstay in both the cinemas of China (where he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director Jia Zhangke) and Hong Kong. Yu has served as director of photography for nearly all of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's films, and along with Jia, the two men…

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Known for

In the Mood for LoveSecond Unit Director of Photography
A Touch of SinDirector of Photography
Ash Is Purest WhiteCreative Consultant
Mountains May DepartDirector of Photography
Dream HomeBrother Wah

Filmography

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2026Kaohsiung BreakoutDirector of PhotographyMovie
2026Torino ShadowDirector of PhotographyMovie
2025Heaven and HellDirector of PhotographyMovie
2024Caught by the TidesCo-Producer · Director of PhotographyMovie
2023The Best is Yet to ComeCinematography · Director of PhotographyMovie
2021Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns BlueDirector of PhotographyMovie
2021this body is so impermanent…Director of PhotographyMovie
2018Ash Is Purest WhiteCreative ConsultantMovie
2017Our Time Will ComeDirector of PhotographyMovie
2017ReviveDirector of PhotographyMovie
2016The HedonistsDirector of PhotographyMovie
2015Mountains May DepartDirector of PhotographyMovie
2015Smog JourneysDirector of PhotographyMovie
2013A Touch of SinDirector of PhotographyMovie
2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector of PhotographyMovie
2013Forgetting to Know YouDirector of PhotographyMovie
2012A Simple LifeDirector of PhotographyMovie
2011Love and BruisesDirector of PhotographyMovie
2010I Wish I KnewDirector of PhotographyMovie
2010Dream HomeBrother Wah · Director of PhotographyMovie
2009Plastic CityDirectorMovie
2008Black BreakfastDirector of PhotographyMovie
200824 CityDirector of PhotographyMovie
2008UselessProducer · Director of PhotographyMovie
2007Getting HomeDirector of PhotographyMovie
2007The Postmodern Life of My AuntDirector of PhotographyMovie
2006DongDirector of PhotographyMovie
2006Still LifeDirector of PhotographyMovie
2004The WorldDirector of Photography · Associate ProducerMovie
2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorMovie
2004Dance Me to the End of LoveDirector of Photography · Writer · DirectorMovie
2003All Tomorrow's PartiesDirector · WriterMovie
2002Unknown PleasuresDirector of Photography · Associate ProducerMovie
2001PlatformDirector of Photography · Associate ProducerMovie
2001In PublicDirector of PhotographyMovie
2000In the Mood for LoveSecond Unit Director of PhotographyMovie
1999Love Will Tear Us ApartDirector · WriterMovie
1999Ordinary HeroesDirector of PhotographyMovie
1997PickpocketDirector of PhotographyMovie
1997In the DumpsDirector of PhotographyMovie
1996Neon GoddessesDirector · Scenario Writer · Director of PhotographyMovie

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