Kevin Xian Ming Yu is a filmmaker from Queens, NY. They are a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow and 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker.
Kevin is committed to telling the stories of underrepresented communities, specifically representing the Asian-American communities and diaspora in New York.
Kevin has also worked as a cinematographer on various short form content and two feature films, Verde and Anna Comes Home.
Their work as a director has been featured on Wonderland and screened at festivals such as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and NFFTY. Their work as a cinematographer has been featured on Short of the Week and the A.V. Club and has screened at festivals such as the New Orleans Film Festival, Energa Camerimage Festival, Fantasia Festival and the Nashville Film Festival.
Kevin is also the co-editor of homesickness: a BIPOC Cinema Zine.