Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Camera
1966-08-12 · Hong Kong, China
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.
Filmography
TheatersKaohsiung Breakout
2026 · Movie
Torino Shadow
2026 · Movie
Heaven and Hell
2025 · Movie
Caught by the Tides
2024 · Movie
The Best is Yet to Come
2023 · Movie
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021 · Movie
this body is so impermanent…
2021 · Movie
Ash Is Purest White
2018 · Movie
Our Time Will Come
2017 · Movie
Revive
2017 · Movie
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016 · Movie
The Hedonists
2016 · Movie
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Movie
Smog Journeys
2015 · Movie
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Movie
Forgetting to Know You
2013 · Movie
A Simple Life
2012 · Movie
Love and Bruises
2011 · Movie
I Wish I Knew
2010 · Movie
Dream Home
2010 · Movie
Plastic City
2009 · Movie
Black Breakfast
2008 · Movie
24 City
2008 · Movie
Useless
2008 · Movie
Getting Home
2007 · Movie
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007 · Movie
Dong
2006 · Movie
Still Life
2006 · Movie
The World
2004 · Movie
Jeonju Digital Project 2004
2004 · Movie
Dance Me to the End of Love
2004 · Movie
All Tomorrow's Parties
2003 · Movie
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Movie
Platform
2001 · Movie
In Public
2001 · Movie
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Movie
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1999 · Movie
Ordinary Heroes
1999 · Movie
Pickpocket
1997 · Movie
In the Dumps
1997 · Movie
Neon Goddesses
1996 · Movie
Shanghai, I Love You
Movie
Wild Punch
Movie