K. Xian Ming Yu is a filmmaker from Queens, NY. They are a 2026 Sundance Trans Possibilities Fellow and received the 2025 NewFest/Netflix New Voices Grant. K. also was a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow, a 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker and selected to be a part of the 2024 NewFest/Concord Originals Sound & Scene Cohort.
K. is committed to telling the stories of underrepresented communities, specifically representing the Asian-American communities and diaspora in New York.
Their latest short film, i saw you in the flood world premiered at SXSW 2026.
Their previous short film, Yú Cì (Fish Bones), premiered at SXSW 2025 and received a Special Jury Mention at Provincetown International Film Festival.
K. has also worked as a cinematographer on various short form content and three feature films. Their work as a cinematographer has screened at festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Energa Camerimage Festival, New Orleans Film Festival and has been featured on Short of the Week and the A.V. Club.
They are also the co-editor of homesickness: a BIPOC Cinema Zine.