Nelson Yu Lik-wai
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.
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.
Known for
Caught by the Tides
The Best is Yet to Come
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
this body is so impermanent…
The Bucket
Our Time Will Come
Revive
The Hedonists
Mountains May Depart
Smog Journeys
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
A Touch of Sin
Venice 70 - Future Reloaded: Jia Zhang-ke
Forgetting to Know You
A Simple Life
Love and Bruises
I Wish I Knew
Dream Home
Plastic City
24 City
Useless
Getting Home
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Dong
Still Life
Jeonju Digital Project 2004
The World
Dance Me to the End of Love
All Tomorrow's Parties
Unknown Pleasures
Platform
In Public
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Ordinary Heroes
Pickpocket
Neon Goddesses