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Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Career

Active from 1996 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Simple Life
A Simple Life
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nelson Yu Lik-wai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Mystery
    2.7, average 4.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Realism 7
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Character Study 2
  • Slow-Paced 2
  • Contemporary China 2
  • Chinese Independent Cinema 2
  • Documentary Style 2
  • Hong Kong 2
  • Social Change 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Chinese Society 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Wild Punch
Wild Punch

Director

Shanghai, I Love You
Shanghai, I Love You

Director

2020s

6 titles · average score 65
Torino Shadow
Torino Shadow (2026)

Director of Photography

Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell (2025)

Director of Photography

Caught by the Tides
Caught by the Tides (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography, Co-Producer

The Best is Yet to Come
The Best is Yet to Come (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

Cinematography, Director of Photography

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

this body is so impermanent…
this body is so impermanent… (2021)

Director of Photography

2010s

13 titles · average score 71
Ash Is Purest White
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

Creative Consultant

Our Time Will Come
Our Time Will Come (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

The Hedonists
The Hedonists (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Smog Journeys
Smog Journeys (2015)

Director of Photography

A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

Forgetting to Know You
Forgetting to Know You (2013)

Director of Photography

A Simple Life
A Simple Life (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Love and Bruises
Love and Bruises (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

Director of Photography

Dream Home
Dream Home (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

as Brother Wah

I Wish I Knew
I Wish I Knew (2010)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

2000s

16 titles · average score 67
Plastic City
Plastic City (2009)
GoodWatch score 35

Director

24 City
24 City (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Getting Home
Getting Home (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Still Life
Still Life (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Dong
Dong (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

The World
The World (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography, Associate Producer

All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)

Director, Writer

Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography, Associate Producer

Platform
Platform (2001)
GoodWatch score 75

Associate Producer, Director of Photography

In Public
In Public (2001)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love (2000)
GoodWatch score 87

Second Unit Director of Photography

1990s

5 titles · average score 71
Ordinary Heroes
Ordinary Heroes (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Pickpocket
Pickpocket (1997)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

In the Dumps
In the Dumps (1997)

Director of Photography

Neon Goddesses
Neon Goddesses (1996)

Scenario Writer, Director of Photography