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Nelson Lik-wai Yu

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
  • Producer
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Nelson Lik-wai Yu
Nelson Yu Lik-wai was born in Hong Kong in 1966. He went to Belgium to study cinema at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle Film School. Back home after graduation, he soon became an important figure in the movie world of Hong Kong and Continental China, both as a cinematographer and a director. His first film as a director, "Neon Goddess" was a documentary while his next two pictures were fiction: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1998), a somber but tender portrait of immigrants'lives in Hong Kong; "All Tomorrow's Parties" (2003), an even darker counter-utopia.
BornAugust 12, 1966
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BornAugust 12, 1966
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 23 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tony Ka Fai Leung in Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
    Love Will Tear Us Apart
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1999
    All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)
    All Tomorrow's Parties
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2003
    Plastic City (2008)
    Plastic City
    4.6
    • Director
    • 2008
    Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (1999)
    eXistenZ
    6.8
    • Visual Effects(Toybox)
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Cinematographer



    • Yi dao tian tang (2025)
      Yi dao tian tang
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Les Feux sauvages (2024)
      Les Feux sauvages
      6.7
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Out of Jungle (2023)
      Out of Jungle
      7.2
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • This body is so impermanent... (2021)
      This body is so impermanent...
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • Nian (2021)
      Nian
      6.2
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Nelson Yu)
      • 2021
    • White-K in Bu zhi bu xiu (2020)
      Bu zhi bu xiu
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Yi zhi you dao hai shui bian lan (2020)
      Yi zhi you dao hai shui bian lan
      6.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Yi Ge Tong (2019)
      Yi Ge Tong
      5.7
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Lik Wai Yu)
      • 2019
    • Nelson Lik-wai Yu, Gerald Van Der Kaap, Âme, and Yi Ying Chen in Beyond Index (2017)
      Beyond Index
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Where Has the Time Gone? (2017)
      Where Has the Time Gone?
      5.5
      • Cinematographer (segment "Revive")
      • 2017
    • Ming yue ji shi you (2017)
      Ming yue ji shi you
      6.4
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • The Hedonists (2016)
      The Hedonists
      6.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Lian ai zhong de cheng shi (2015)
      Lian ai zhong de cheng shi
      5.0
      • Cinematographer (segment "Shanghai")
      • 2015
    • Tao Zhao and Zishan Rong in Au-delà des montagnes (2015)
      Au-delà des montagnes
      6.9
      • Cinematographer (as Yu Lik Wai)
      • 2015
    • Smog Journeys (2015)
      Smog Journeys
      6.1
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015

    Director



    • Plastic City (2008)
      Plastic City
      4.6
      • Director
      • 2008
    • New Order: Ceremony
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004 (2004)
      Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004
      5.8
      • Director (segment "Dance With Me to the End of Love")
      • 2004
    • Dance with Me to the End of Love (2004)
      Dance with Me to the End of Love
      5.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2004
    • All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)
      All Tomorrow's Parties
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung in Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
      Love Will Tear Us Apart
      6.1
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Neon Goddesses
      7.0
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Yuan Ping
      Short
      • Director
      • 1995

    Producer



    • Useless (2007)
      Useless
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2007
    • The World (2004)
      The World
      7.1
      • associate producer (as Yu Lik Wai)
      • 2004
    • Plaisirs inconnus (2002)
      Plaisirs inconnus
      6.8
      • associate producer
      • 2002
    • Platform (2000)
      Platform
      7.4
      • associate producer (as Yu Lik Wai)
      • 2000

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    • Alternative names
      • Yu Likwai
    • Born
      • August 12, 1966
      • Hong Kong

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