Portrait of Li Yu

Directing

Li Yu

Career

Active from 1996 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Buddha Mountain
Buddha Mountain
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Li Yu Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Warfare
    0.4, average 1.2
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Contemporary China 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

13
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles ยท average score 61
After Typhoon
After Typhoon (2025)

Writer, Director

Western Border
Western Border (2025)

Executive Producer

The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (2024)
GoodWatch score 84

Production Designer

The Fallen Bridge
The Fallen Bridge (2022)
GoodWatch score 38

Director, Writer

Tiger Robbers
Tiger Robbers (2021)

Director, Screenplay

The Old Town Girls
The Old Town Girls (2021)

Executive Producer

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 52
Ever Since We Love
Ever Since We Love (2015)
GoodWatch score 35

Director, Screenplay

Double Xposure
Double Xposure (2012)
GoodWatch score 52

Editor, Director

Buddha Mountain
Buddha Mountain (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 55
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing (2007)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

Dam Street
Dam Street (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Fish and Elephant
Fish and Elephant (2001)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Writer

1990s

1 title
Older Sister
Older Sister (1996)

Director