2024-25 Scripted Director, Kelly Yu

Shoutout to 2024-25 Scripted Director, Kelly Yu, who will be directing an episode of Showtime/20th’s THE CHI! A Swedish-born, New Orleans-raised, Chinese-American writer and director, Kelly’s work explores complex familial relationships and personal identity through an “East-meets-West” lens. Her first short film, PLUM TOWN, won the Grand Jury Award at the Boston Independent Film Festival, the NFFTY New Talent Award for Best Director Under 25, and premiered on Short of the Week. Her latest short, ENDLING—executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe—premiered at Tribeca 2024 as part of the Indeed Rising Voices fellowship.

A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Kelly is based in LA, developing feature and TV projects. Keep shining, Kelly!