Nelson Yu Lik-wai

ProductionCinematographerCrewActorDirector Aug 12 (age 59) Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] 1996–2025 (29 year career)

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Biography

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 fo…

Known For

Film

In the Mood for Love

Second Unit Director of Photography

Film

A Touch of Sin

Director of Photography

Film

Ash Is Purest White

Creative Consultant

Film

A Simple Life

Director of Photography

Film

Mountains May Depart

Director of Photography

Film

Still Life

Director of Photography

Film

Pickpocket

Director of Photography

Film

Dream Home

Brother Wah

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

as Self

Dream Home

as Brother Wah

Crew (55)

Movies (55)

Caught by the Tides

2025

Co-Producer

6.8

Caught by the Tides

2025

Director of Photography

6.8

Heaven and Hell

2025

Director of Photography

The Best is Yet to Come

2023

Cinematography

6.1

The Best is Yet to Come

2023

Director of Photography

6.1

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

2021

Director of Photography

7.0

this body is so impermanent…

2021

Director of Photography

The Bucket

2019

Director of Photography

Ash Is Purest White

Creative Consultant

Our Time Will Come

Director of Photography

6.0

Revive

2017

Director of Photography

6.0

The Hedonists

2016

Director of Photography

7.4

Mountains May Depart

2015

Director of Photography

7.0

Smog Journeys

2015

Director of Photography

5.8

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director of Photography

4.9

A Touch of Sin

2013

Director of Photography

7.2

Forgetting to Know You

2013

Director of Photography

6.0

A Simple Life

2012

Director of Photography

7.5

Love and Bruises

2011

Director of Photography

5.4

I Wish I Knew

2010

Director of Photography

6.7

Dream Home

2010

Director of Photography

Plastic City

Director

Useless

Director of Photography

Useless

Producer

24 City

Director of Photography

7.0

Black Breakfast

2008

Director of Photography

5.5

Getting Home

2007

Director of Photography

7.3

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

2007

Director of Photography

5.4

Still Life

2006

Director of Photography

7.2

Dong

2006

Director of Photography

The World

Associate Producer

The World

Director of Photography

6.9

Dance Me to the End of Love

2004

Director

7.0

Dance Me to the End of Love

2004

Director of Photography

7.0

Dance Me to the End of Love

2004

Writer

7.0

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

2004

Director

3.0

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

2004

Director of Photography

3.0

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

2004

Writer

3.0

All Tomorrow's Parties

2003

Director

5.9

All Tomorrow's Parties

Writer

Unknown Pleasures

Associate Producer

Unknown Pleasures

Director of Photography

Platform

Associate Producer

Platform

Director of Photography

7.0

In Public

2001

Director of Photography

6.0

In the Mood for Love

2000

Second Unit Director of Photography

8.1

Ordinary Heroes

1999

Director of Photography

7.1

Love Will Tear Us Apart

1999

Director

6.4

Love Will Tear Us Apart

1999

Writer

6.4

Pickpocket

1997

Director of Photography

7.2

Neon Goddesses

1996

Director

Neon Goddesses

1996

Director of Photography

Neon Goddesses

1996

Scenario Writer

Wild Punch

Director

Shanghai, I Love You

Director