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Cao Yu

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Born: August 15, 1974

Also known as

曹郁

Biography

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.

Known for

The Eight Hundred

City of Life and Death

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe

Legend of the Demon Cat

Mountain Patrol

My People, My Homeland

Forever Young

My Country, My Parents

Filmography

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2026

Traces of Justice

Camera (Director of Photography)

Magic Atlas

Visual Effects (Animation)

Village Rockstars 2

Production (Associate Producer)

2024

Camera (Director of Photography)

2023

The Cord of Life

Camera (Director of Photography) Production (Executive Producer)

2021

My Country, My Parents

Camera (Director of Photography)

Camera (Director of Photography)

2020

My People, My Homeland

Camera (Director of Photography)

The Eight Hundred

Camera (Director of Photography)

Tales of Chinese Filmmakers

Acting (Self) 5 EP

Wo zai Beijing deng ni

Creating (Creator)

2018

Forever Young

Camera (Director of Photography)

2017

Legend of the Demon Cat

Camera (Director of Photography)

2015

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe

Camera (Director of Photography)

2012

Eastern Bandits

Camera (Director of Photography)

2011

The Law of Attraction

Camera (Director of Photography)

2010

Color Me Love

Camera (Director of Photography)

Camera (Director of Photography)

2009

City of Life and Death

Camera (Director of Photography)

2004

Mountain Patrol

Camera (Director of Photography)

2002

Chicken Poets

Camera (Director of Photography) Crew (Cinematography)

1998

Who Has Ever Seen the Festival of Wild Animals?

Crew (Cinematography)

Love in the Internet Generation

Camera (Director of Photography)

Undated

Flowers from the Ashes

Camera (Director of Photography)