Complete filmography
Everything Cao Yu is credited on. Titles we have reviewed carry their Fi1m score; press Request a review on any other and it goes on our list.
2020s
Traces of Justice 2026Director of Photography
Magic Atlas 2026Animation
Village Rockstars 2 2026Associate Producer
Decoded 2024Director of Photography
The Cord of Life 2023Executive Producer, Director of Photography
My Country, My Parents 2021Director of Photography
1921 2021Director of Photography
My People, My Homeland 2020Director of Photography
The Eight Hundred 2020Director of PhotographyFi1m 64
Wo zai Beijing deng ni 2020SeriesCreator
2010s
Forever Young 2018Director of Photography
Legend of the Demon Cat 2017Director of Photography
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe 2015Director of Photography
Eastern Bandits 2012Director of Photography
The Law of Attraction 2011Director of Photography
Color Me Love 2010Director of Photography
Driverless 2010Director of Photography
2000s
City of Life and Death 2009Director of Photography
Mountain Patrol 2004Director of Photography
Chicken Poets 2002Director of Photography
1990s
Who Has Ever Seen the Festival of Wild Animals? 1998Cinematography
Love in the Internet Generation 1998Director of Photography
Undated
Flowers from the AshesDirector of Photography