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Li-Shin Yu

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Editor
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Directing on set of "Plague at the Golden Gate"
Li-Shin Yu is known for The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017), New York: A Documentary Film (1999) and She's Gotta Have It (1986).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
    The Chinese Exclusion Act
    7.8
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2017
    New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
    New York: A Documentary Film
    9.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Editor
    Spike Lee, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Tracy Camilla Johns, and John Canada Terrell in She's Gotta Have It (1986)
    She's Gotta Have It
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Li Shin)
    • 1986
    Richard Edson, Eszter Balint, and John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
    Stranger Than Paradise
    7.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1984

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    Director

    • Jimmie & Sanora
      • Director
      • In Production
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2022
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
      The Chinese Exclusion Act
      7.8
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Jimmie & Sanora
      • producer
      • In Production
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
      The Chinese Exclusion Act
      7.8
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2017

    Editor

    • Man from Pretentia (2024)
      Man from Pretentia
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Antonio Fazzini and Fattori Fraser in Dante (2024)
      Dante
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2006–2021
    • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)
      Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
      7.7
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • VA: The Human Cost of War (2017)
      VA: The Human Cost of War
      8.8
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
      The Chinese Exclusion Act
      7.8
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2017
    • Aufbruch in die Neue Welt: Die Pilgerväter (2016)
      Aufbruch in die Neue Welt: Die Pilgerväter
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth (2016)
      The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2001–2015
    • The Pilgrims (2015)
      The Pilgrims
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014)
      Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Nantucket
      • Editor
      • 2011
    • Freedom Riders (2009)
      Freedom Riders
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2009
    • The Lord God Bird (2008)
      The Lord God Bird
      • Editor
      • 2008
    • One Bridge to the Next (2008)
      One Bridge to the Next
      7.6
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2008

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      • Li Shin

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