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Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Kevin Xian Ming Yu is a non-binary filmmaker from Queens, NY. They are a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow and 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker. They were also sel…
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Kevin Xian Ming Yu is a non-binary filmmaker from Queens, NY. They are a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow and 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker. They were also selected to be a part of the 2024 NewFest/Concord Originals Sound & Scene Cohort. Kevin is committed to telling the stories of underrepresented communities, specifically representing the Asian-American communities and diaspora in New York. Their latest short film, Yú Cì (Fish Bones) premiered at SXSW 2025. Kevin has also worked as a cinematographer on various short form content and two feature films, Verde and Anna Comes Home. Their work as a cinematographer has screened at festivals such as Sundance, Energa Camerimage Festival, New Orleans Film Festival and has been featured on Short of the Week and the A.V. Club. Kevin is also the co-editor of homesickness: a BIPOC Cinema Zine.
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2026
Never Tonight
Movie Director of Photography
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2026
I Saw You in the Flood
Movie Director
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2026
The Red Shoe
Movie Cinematography
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2025
Take a Look at Me
Movie Director
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2025
Going Dark
Movie Cinematography
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2025
Breadwinner
Movie Director of Photography
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2025
Nun's Beach
Movie Director of Photography
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2025
Yú Cì (Fish Bones)
Movie Director
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2024
Grown
Movie Cinematography
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2024
Carry Tiger to Mountain
Movie Director
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2023
The Journey of Malcom Miracle and Dave
Movie Cinematography
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2021
Neighbors
Movie Thanks
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2020
Close to You
Movie Director
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Sheigetz
Movie Director of Photography
