Camera • AGE 51
Cao Yu is a famous cinematographer. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in feature film photography, and worked in photography at Beijing Film Studio.


Village Rockstars 2
Associate Producer
2024

Decoded
Director of Photography
2024

The Cord of Life
Executive Producer
2023

My Country, My Parents
Director of Photography
2021

1921
Director of Photography
2021

My People, My Homeland
Director of Photography
2020

The Eight Hundred
Director of Photography
2020

Tales of Chinese Filmmakers
Self
2020

Wo zai Beijing deng ni
Creator
2020

Forever Young
Director of Photography
2018

Legend of the Demon Cat
Director of Photography
2017

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe
Director of Photography
2015

Eastern Bandits
Director of Photography
2012

The Law of Attraction
Director of Photography
2011

Color Me Love
Director of Photography
2010

Driverless
Director of Photography
2010

City of Life and Death
Director of Photography
2009

Mountain Patrol
Director of Photography
2004

Chicken Poets
Director of Photography
2002

Who Has Ever Seen the Festival of Wild Animals?
Cinematography
1998

Love in the Internet Generation
Director of Photography
1998

Flowers from the Ashes
Director of Photography