---
name: "Michele Yu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michele-yu"
fi1m_id: "michele-yu"
imdb_id: "nm1278079"
tmdb_id: 1588423
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T20:57:03.645757+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."
---

# Michele Yu

## Identity

Michele Yu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michele-yu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michele-yu
- **IMDb ID:** nm1278079
- **TMDB ID:** 1588423
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1278079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1588423

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1278079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1588423

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Wonder Man*](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Much Ado About Nothing*](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Michele Yu is a production designer who frequently collaborates with Cindy Chao. The pair began working together as undergraduates at UC San Diego and have continued as a team for more than fifteen years on feature films and television series.

Her film credits include production design on *Much Ado About Nothing* (2012), *In Your Eyes* (2014), *V/H/S: Viral* (2014), *Grandma* (2015), *Miss Stevens* (2016) and *Deidra & Laney Rob a Train* (2017). Television work encompasses *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019–2023), for which she and Chao received Primetime Emmy nominations, *American Born Chinese* (2023) and *Wonder Man* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, motionpictures.org, cindyandmichele.com, productiondesignerscollective.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wonder Man* (2026), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2013), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Wonder Man* (2026), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *American Born Chinese* (2023), series, Production Design
- *Waffles + Mochi* (2021), series, Production Design
- *Were You Gay in High School?* (2020), Production Design
- *The Weekend* (2019), Production Design
- *A Black Lady Sketch Show* (2019), series, Production Design
- *In a Relationship* (2018), Production Design
- *Game* (2017), Production Design
- *Deidra & Laney Rob a Train* (2017), Production Design
- *Miss Stevens* (2016), Production Design
- *Grandma* (2015), Production Design
- *V/H/S: Viral* (2014), Production Design
- *In Your Eyes* (2014), Production Design
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md)
- *Save the Date* (2012), Production Design
- *Ex-Sex* (2011), Production Design
- *Oh Baby, I Love You!* (2009), Production Design
- *Zugzwang*, Production Design

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