Directing
Yu Gu
Place of birth
Chongqing, China
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Yu Gu is a filmmaker born in Chongqing, China and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She works in narrative and documentary film, using a lyrical approach to explore themes of identity, migration and artistic freedom. Yu’s hybrid documentary A Moth In Spring premiered at Hot Docs International Film Festival and was licensed and distributed by HBO. Her feature documentary films Who Is Arthur Chu? and A Woman’s Work are currently supported by the Center for Asian-American Media, Sundance Institute, ITVS, Tribeca Film Institute, Firelight Media and Film Independent. In collaboration with artist Gu Xiong and Academy Award-winner Mark J. Harris, Gu is developing Interior Migrations, a multi-platform pr…
Known for
6.5Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
NRThree brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
2019
Mixing narrative, experimental, and vérité footage, director Yu Gu explores themes of exile, art, and family in this touching documentary. In the process, she discovers that the desire for freedom of speech is a force that unites three generations of her family.
A Moth in Spring
2010
Behind the camera
6.5Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
6.5Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.
Who Is Arthur Chu?
2017
NRThree brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
2019
NRThree brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
2019
Mixing narrative, experimental, and vérité footage, director Yu Gu explores themes of exile, art, and family in this touching documentary. In the process, she discovers that the desire for freedom of speech is a force that unites three generations of her family.
A Moth in Spring
2010
Mixing narrative, experimental, and vérité footage, director Yu Gu explores themes of exile, art, and family in this touching documentary. In the process, she discovers that the desire for freedom of speech is a force that unites three generations of her family.
A Moth in Spring
2010