
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
View on IMDb ↗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.
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- 2026Torino ShadowDirector of Photography
- 2025Caught by the TidesDirector of Photography
- 2025Heaven and HellDirector of Photography
- 2023The Best is Yet to ComeDirector of Photography
- 2021Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns BlueDirector of Photography
- 2021this body is so impermanent…Director of Photography
- 2018Ash Is Purest WhiteCreative Consultant
- 2017Our Time Will ComeDirector of Photography
- 2017ReviveDirector of Photography
- 2016The HedonistsDirector of Photography
- 2015Mountains May DepartDirector of Photography
- 2015Smog JourneysDirector of Photography
- 2013A Touch of SinDirector of Photography
- 2013Forgetting to Know YouDirector of Photography
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector of Photography
- 2012A Simple LifeDirector of Photography
- 2011Love and BruisesDirector of Photography
- 2010I Wish I KnewDirector of Photography
- 2009Plastic CityDirector
- 200824 CityDirector of Photography
- 2008UselessDirector of Photography
- 2008Black BreakfastDirector of Photography
- 2007Getting HomeDirector of Photography
- 2007The Postmodern Life of My AuntDirector of Photography
- 2006Still LifeDirector of Photography
- 2006DongDirector of Photography
- 2004Dance Me to the End of LoveDirector
- 2004The WorldAssociate Producer
- 2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004Director
- 2003All Tomorrow's PartiesWriter
- 2002Unknown PleasuresAssociate Producer
- 2001PlatformAssociate Producer
- 2001In PublicDirector of Photography
- 2000In the Mood for LoveSecond Unit Director of Photography
- 1999Ordinary HeroesDirector of Photography
- 1999Love Will Tear Us ApartWriter
- 1997PickpocketDirector of Photography
- 1997In the DumpsDirector of Photography
- 1996Neon GoddessesDirector of Photography
- —Wild PunchDirector
- —Shanghai, I Love YouDirector
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