Yu Lik-wai

Born in Hong Kong in 1966, Yu Lik-wai is a Chinese filmmaker and photographer who lives and works in Beijing. His directorial feature films include Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999), All Tomorrow’s Parties (2003), and Plastic City (2008). During his 18-year career as a cinematographer, he has shot all of Jia Zhangke’s films to date and has worked with Ann Hui and Lou Ye, among others. Yu has won numerous international prizes, including Best Cinematography, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Award (2008), and Best Cinematography, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (2004). Yu’s photographs are in the permanent collection of the M+ Museum, Hong Kong, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.