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Darius Shu

Overview

Darius Shu is a British East Asian cinematographer and director based in London. He loves telling humanistic and poetic stories with striking imagery. He focuses his storytelling on driving societal conversations forward. He does this by incorporating a blend of social awareness and surrealism elements into his films.

Through the power of visual storytelling, Darius aims to create a positive representation of underrepresented communities. Some notable examples of his recent projects as a cinematographer are the BAFTA-nominated ITVX documentary Always, Asifa, the Netflix documentary Peach Paradise, Queer Parivaar (winner of the Best British Film award at the Iris Prize 2022) and 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'.

Darius's directorial debut short film His Hands was nominated for Best Narrative Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2019. His second short film I Am Norman was selected at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021.

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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
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 59
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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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The Last Days of John Allen Chau Camera Second Unit Director of Photography N/A
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The White Hart Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Plop Camera Director of Photography N/A
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