Nelson Yu Lik-wai

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Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Camera 60 August 12, 1966

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

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 cin…

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In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

8.1 2000 Movie
A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin

7.2 2013 Movie
Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White

6.9 2018 Movie
Mountains May Depart

Mountains May Depart

7.0 2015 Movie
A Simple Life

A Simple Life

7.5 2012 Movie
Dream Home

Dream Home

6.4 2010 Movie
Still Life

Still Life

7.2 2006 Movie
Pickpocket

Pickpocket

7.2 1997 Movie
Platform

Platform

7.1 2001 Movie
The World

The World

7.0 2004 Movie
Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides

6.7 2024 Movie
Getting Home

Getting Home

7.4 2007 Movie

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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 founded their own independent film production company, Xstream Pictures.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Torino Shadow

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2025
    Heaven and Hell

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2024
    Caught by the Tides

    Movie Co-Producer

  4. 2023
    The Best is Yet to Come

    Movie Cinematography

  5. 2021
    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2021
    this body is so impermanent…

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2018
    Ash Is Purest White

    Movie Creative Consultant

  8. 2017
    Our Time Will Come

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2017
    Revive

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2016
    Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

    Movie Self

  11. 2016
    The Hedonists

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2015
    Mountains May Depart

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2015
    Smog Journeys

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 2013
    A Touch of Sin

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2013
    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2013
    Forgetting to Know You

    Movie Director of Photography

More credits
  1. 2012
    A Simple Life

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2011
    Love and Bruises

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2010
    I Wish I Knew

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2010
    Dream Home

    Movie Brother Wah

  5. 2009
    Plastic City

    Movie Director

  6. 2008
    Black Breakfast

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2008
    24 City

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2008
    Useless

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2007
    Getting Home

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2007
    The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 2006
    Dong

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2006
    Still Life

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2004
    The World

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 2004
    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2004
    Dance Me to the End of Love

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2003
    All Tomorrow's Parties

    Movie Writer

  17. 2002
    Unknown Pleasures

    Movie Director of Photography

  18. 2001
    Platform

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 2001
    In Public

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 2000
    In the Mood for Love

    Movie Second Unit Director of Photography

  21. 1999
    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Movie Director

  22. 1999
    Ordinary Heroes

    Movie Director of Photography

  23. 1997
    Pickpocket

    Movie Director of Photography

  24. 1997
    In the Dumps

    Movie Director of Photography