---
name: "Jessica Yu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-yu"
fi1m_id: "jessica-yu"
imdb_id: "nm0950506"
tmdb_id: 19509
wikidata_id: "Q6187572"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 February 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "director"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:42.946442+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jessica Yu

## Identity

Jessica Yu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-yu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-yu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0950506
- **TMDB ID:** 19509
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6187572
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Yu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6187572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19509

Director. Born 14 February 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 February 1966, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Jessica Lingman Yu, Jessica Lingmin Yu, ג׳סיקה יו
- **Frequently works with:** [Lesli Linka Glatter](https://film.one/person/lesli-linka-glatter.md), [Steve Robin](https://film.one/person/steve-robin.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Debora Cahn](https://film.one/person/debora-cahn.md), [Joanna Kerns](https://film.one/person/joanna-kerns.md), [John Terlesky](https://film.one/person/john-terlesky.md), [Jon Huertas](https://film.one/person/jon-huertas.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as director, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (2), 2000s 70 (2), 2010s 67 (2), 2020s 67 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Yu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6187572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19509

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88), [*Only Murders in the Building*](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md) (76), [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76), [*Castle*](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) (73), [*Grey's Anatomy*](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) (68), [*Fosse/Verdon*](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Peacock:** [*Long Bright River*](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jessica Yu is an American director, writer, producer and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic features and numerous television episodes. Born on 14 February 1966 in New York City, she graduated from Yale University in 1987.

Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1997 for *Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien* (1996). Her television credits include episodes of *The West Wing* (2001–2004), *Grey's Anatomy* (2006–2011) and *ER* (2002). She directed the feature *Ping Pong Playa* (2007) and documentaries including *Last Call at the Oasis* (2012) and *Misconception* (2014).

In 2019 she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Direction for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special for the *Fosse/Verdon* episode "Glory".

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Long Bright River* (2025), Fi1m 58, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), Fi1m 58, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Castle* (2009), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *56 Days* (2026), series, Director
- *A Very Jonas Christmas Movie* (2025), Director
- *Long Bright River* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *Quiz Lady* (2023), Director
- *Citadel* (2023), series, Director
- *The Recruit* (2022), series, Director
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Walker* (2021), series, Director
- *Ratched* (2020), series, Director
- *Hollywood* (2020), series, Director
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Director
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, Director
- *Bluff City Law* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director
- *Sorry for Your Loss* (2018), series, Director
- *Ten Days in the Valley* (2017), series, Director
- *Maria Bamford: Old Baby* (2017), Director
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Director, Consulting Producer
- *Pure Genius* (2016), series, Director
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *Foreveryone.net* (2016), Director
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Director
- *Misconception* (2014), Director, Producer
- *Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas* (2012), Director
- *Meet Mr Toilet* (2012), Director
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *Last Call at the Oasis* (2011), Director
- *Castle* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Ping Pong Playa* (2008), Director, Writer
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Director
- *Protagonist* (2007), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *In the Realms of the Unreal* (2004), Director, Writer
- *The Lyon's Den* (2003), series, Director
- *Mister Sterling* (2003), series, Director
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Living Museum* (1998), Director
- *Men of Reenaction* (1996), Director
- *Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien* (1996), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Better Late* (1996), Director, Writer, Editor
- *ER* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Sour Death Balls* (1993), Director
- *The Conductor*, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1997: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (won), for *Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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