Director

Yu Gu

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1033685

IMDb ID: nm2116346

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Chongqing, China

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2017 - 2019

Years active: 3

Wikidata: Q105806680

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Biography

Yu Gu is a filmmaker born in Chongqing, China and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She works in narrative and documentary film, using a lyrical approach to explore themes of identity, migration and artistic freedom. Yu’s hybrid documentary A Moth In Spring premiered at Hot Docs International Film Festival and was licensed and distributed by HBO. Her feature documentary films Who Is Arthur Chu? and A Woman’s Work are currently supported by the Center for Asian-American Media, Sundance Institute, ITVS, Tribeca Film Institute, Firelight Media and Film Independent. In collaboration with artist Gu Xiong and Academy Award-winner Mark J. Harris, Gu is developing Interior Migrations, a multi-platform project documenting the memories of migrant workers. Gu received her MFA in film production from the University of Southern California. She also works as an editor and recently completing The Walk, a short film for HBO, and music videos for Jewel.

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