Kelly Yu

BIOGRAPHIE

Kelly Yu is a Swedish-born, New Orleans raised, Chinese-American filmmaker and photographer. Her work is driven by a distinct voice and visual style shaped by her experiences navigating three different cultures. When she's not busy losing lens caps and writing screenplays, you can find Kelly running her own freelance business she started when she was 15. Her list of clients range from national brands and organizations like Google, Glamour Magazine, YR Media, and Youtube content creators with an audience of over 10+ million. Most recently, her short STORY OF YOUR LIFE was one of the 25 films selected to screen nationally at the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival. Her feature script PLUM TOWN currently holds the rare "9" rating on the Black List and was a semifinalist in the Wescreenplay Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition. She is the recipient of the 2019 AAHSFF Best Screenplay Award presented by IFC Films and Eli Roth, the prestigious Jack Nicholson Scholarship in Writing, as well as a Finalist for the Writers Guild of America Michael Collyer Screenwriting Fellowship. She currently studies Film & Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

FILMOGRAPHIE