Kevin Xian Ming Yu is a filmmaker from Queens, NY. They received the 2025 NewFest/Netflix New Voices Grant and were a 2024 Film at Lincoln Center Artist Academy Fellow. They were also a 2023-2024 UFO Film Lab filmmaker and selected to be a part of the 2024 NewFest/Concord Originals Sound & Scene Cohort.
Kevin 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 is world premiering at SXSW 2026.
Their last short film, Yú Cì (Fish Bones), premiered at SXSW 2025 and received a Special Jury Mention at Provincetown International Film Festival.
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 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.
Kevin is also the co-editor of homesickness: a BIPOC Cinema Zine.