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Darius Shu

Overview

Darius Shu is a cinematographer based in London. He loves telling humanistic and poetic stories with striking imagery. Darius is dedicated to uplifting underrepresented communities and amplifying Asian stories, while fostering meaningful societal conversations and driving progress forward through the power of cinema and storytelling.

Some notable examples of his recent projects as a cinematographer include the BAFTA-nominated ITVX documentary Always, Asifa (2023), the Netflix documentary Peach Paradise (2022), Queer Parivaar (2021), world premiered at BFI Flare 2024 and was the winner of the Best British Film award at the Iris Prize in 2022. Recently, he shot Where We Came From (2024) starring Emmy-winning Archie Panjabi. ​He is the 2nd Unit Director of Photography on Justin Lin's upcoming film 'Last Days', world premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2025 and recently shot Sky Yang’s debut feature film ‘Slim’, executive produced by Chi Thai. The short film His Hands (2019), was nominated for Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival and I Am Norman (2021), was selected at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

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Directing
2020 I Am Norman Directing Director 58
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2018 His Hands Directing Director 58
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Camera
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2024 Where We Came From Camera Director of Photography 58
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2024 Still Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2024 The Lime Green Shirt Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2024 Lullaby Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2022 Always, Asifa Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2022 Sent to Cov Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2022 Queer Parivaar Camera Director of Photography 58
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2022 Peach Paradise Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2021 Stockholm Camera Director of Photography 58
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2020 Tainted Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2020 I Am Norman Camera Director of Photography 58
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2020 Mical Camera Director of Photography 58
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2018 Secret Child: The Bridge Camera Director of Photography 59
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2018 His Hands Camera Director of Photography 58
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