Yu Han came to United States from China at age 16, and graduated from California State University

In 2013, Yu directed her first sci-fi short film “Two Dimensions”, and a time travel comedy “Newton’s first Trip”. Later, she directed and shot an “Interview with A Development Executive” with a former TV Executive offering help and ideas to young filmmakers in the industry.

In 2014, Yu directed her first documentary “Fire and Dice”. The piece was dedicated to the gaming community featuring a card game “Magic the Gathering”. As a result, the documentary was a big success. During the same time, she directed a comedy pilot “The F Team”, a story taking place in a senior home where the retired superheroes live and try to make a comeback

In the fall of 2015, Yu won the Best Director Award for a sci-fi comedy “Robot Club". The short film follows an outer space robot that falls to earth and encounters a group of nerds. The short film was a such success and attracted production companies in China, which led her to direct her first feature film

In 2016, Yu directed her first commercial “Hunan Mao’s Restaurant”, an informational video which takes a very close look of the Chinese culinary history. And later that year, she directed the horror film “Shadow”. In it, a lone woman is forced to outrun a supernatural killer, but only to find that she may be responsible for the killings. The film was awarded for Best Picture and Best Editing in 2017, and nominated in two other film festivals

In early 2017, Yu produced and directed commercials for Sunny Delight and David Zhang Allstate Insurance Company. Later that year, she joined First Media and Youtube to produce and direct web series featuring Asian American culinary culture. Toward the end of 2017, she went on to direct a sci-fi drama “Project 31” for the HBO Asian Director Visionaries Film Competition. The film tells a story of a man who falls deep into an experiment and mistakes his life in ancient china for reality. It was nominated by the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, and has been scheduled for screening in Seattle Feb.22, 2019.

During late 2017 and early 2018, Yu Han was invited to China to direct a feature film - a Chinese romantic comedy “My 88th Wedding Escape”.

After the feature film, Yu is back in LA, continues to develop and direct films, pilots and commercials. She is now involved with Panda Express and working to develop videos and commercials for the corporation. Yu has since been mentioned and featured by "Free the Bid", "Filmmakers World" and various film production companies on instagram and websites as a future potential Asian American female director.

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