---
name: "Wei-Ning Yu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wei-ning-yu"
fi1m_id: "wei-ning-yu"
imdb_id: "nm2307378"
tmdb_id: 2591542
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:17:40.507595+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."
---

# Wei-Ning Yu

## Identity

Wei-Ning Yu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wei-ning-yu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wei-ning-yu
- **IMDb ID:** nm2307378
- **TMDB ID:** 2591542
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2307378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2591542

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2307378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2591542

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Severance*](https://film.one/tv/severance.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Wei-Ning Yu is a screenwriter and producer. She graduated from the AFI Conservatory Screenwriting program in 2010.

She began her television career as a staff writer on the series *Briarpatch* (2019–2020). Yu later worked as a writer and story editor on the limited series *The Dropout* (2022) and as executive story editor on *Gen V* (2023). She joined the writing staff for the second season of *Severance* (2022), contributing as a writer and serving as a producer.

Yu received a Primetime Emmy nomination as a producer for *Severance* in the Outstanding Drama Series category.

*Sources: afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Severance* (2022), Fi1m 86, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, Story Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Gen V* (2023), series, Executive Story Editor
- *The Dropout* (2022), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *Severance* (2022), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *Winter Light* (2015), Adaptation

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