- Bai Yu is the Creator, Producer, and Director of "Oceans Away." She holds an MFA in Producing from California Institute of the Arts and was previously a producer for AlphaMedia an international film and television distribution and Production Company, and a leading distributor of foreign contents in China owned by Gareth Chang, the previous CEO of Direct TV.
Prior to her work in the United States, she was an accomplished actress and singer in China. After acting in several television movies, she won the "Best New Personality Award" at the Fifth CCTV Chinese Music Television Competition for her performance in Miss You in My Dream, a music video which she also co-produced and co-authored the lyrics. The video also won a Silver Award for creativity. S7he also won a Gold Award at the Jun Lu Music Video Competition for "Maple Leaves." Winning these awards launched her career as a lead actress in national television drama series and movies, including the lead for "Modern Family", a CCTV-produced 33-episode series that debuted and remained at the top spot of China's charts for five consecutive weeks, and "Absolute Truth", and a 20-episode TV series that aired on over 100 networks nationwide. Through her work in China and the US, she has established substantial network in the international TV and film industry.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Yu Bai - A Beijing native, Bai Yu is a producer, actress, and director and was the first Chinese national to gain a master's degree in producing at California Institute of the Arts. She was previously a producer for AlphaMedia, an international film and television distribution and production company owned by Gareth Chang, the former CEO of Direct TV.
Prior to studying in America, Bai Yu had been an accomplished actress and singer in China. She won the "Best New Personality Award" at the Fifth China Central Television (CCTV) Chinese Music Television Competition and subsequently a "Gold Award" at the national Jun Lu Music Video Competition. She went on to become a lead actress in national television, including Absolute Truth and Modern Family, a popular CCTV-produced series.
During her studies in Los Angeles, Bai Yu produced a 14-episode documentary series, Oceans Away, which was commissioned by CCTV and shot in six cities across America.
In 2013, Bai Yu produced and acted in the feature film, Day of Redemption. She also produced several award-winning short film series.
In 2015, as the founder of Palette Pictures, Bai Yu won the Annual Award for Best Entrepreneur held by COTC (the Phoenix Project, the Beijing government-sponsored national business award).
At the same year, as actress and producer, Bai Yu co-directed and co-written the popular web TV show The Substitute, which was covered by Variety as a show that "represents something of a genre stretch for Chinese content."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Palette Pictures - Bai Yu is the Creator, Producer, and Director of "Oceans Away." She holds an MFA in producing from the California Institute of the Arts and was previously a producer for AlphaMedia, an international film and television distribution and Production Company, and a leading distributor of foreign contents in China owned by Gareth Chang, the former CEO of Direct TV.
Prior to her work in the United States, she was an accomplished actress and singer in China. After acting in several television movies, she won the "Best New Personality Award" at the Fifth CCTV Chinese Music Television Competition for her performance in "Miss You in My Dream," a music video in which she also co-produced and co-authored the lyrics. The video also won a Silver Award for creativity. She also won a Gold Award at the Jun Lu Music Video Competition for "Maple Leaves." Winning these awards launched her career as a lead actress in national television drama series and movies, including the lead for "Modern Family," a CCTV-produced 33-episode series that debuted and remained at the top spot of China's charts for five consecutive weeks, and "Absolute Truth," a 20-episode TV series that aired on over 100 networks nationwide. Through her work in China and the US, she has established a substantial network in the international TV and film industry.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Palette Pictures LLC - A Beijing native, Bai Yu is an actress-turned producer, director and writer. She holds a MFA degree in Producing at California Institute of the Arts.
As the founder and President of Palette Pictures, Bai Yu is focused on collaborating with U.S. filmmakers to develop and produce Hollywood-style genre films and high quality genre web TV series for the Chinese market.
Bai Yu created, produced and directed Oceans Away, a 14-episode CCTV documentary series focusing on the lives of Chinese overseas students and entrepreneurs.
Bai Yu produced and Starred in the feature film Day of Redemption, which was directed by Lawrence Lau (Lee Rock series, starring Andy Lau, and Queen of Temple Street), starring Zhou Yumin (aka Vic Chou, a member of the hugely popular Taiwanese group F4). The film was theatrically released nationwide in mainland China in 2013.
Bai Yu also produced over 50 short films, and won a Best Picture Award at the Beijing International Micro Film Festival.
In 2015, as actress and producer, Bai Yu co-directed and written the web TV show The Substitute. The show is the first spy-thriller series set in modern-day China. It was covered by Variety as a show that "represents something of a genre stretch for Chinese content."
In 2015, as the founder of Palette Pictures, Bai Yu won the Annual Award for Best Entrepreneur held by COTC (the Phoenix Project, the government-sponsored national business award in Beijing CBD).
Before founding Palette Pictures, Bai Yu was a producer for AlphaMedia, an international film and television distribution and production company owned by Gareth Chang, the former CEO of Direct TV.
Prior to her study in the United States, Bai Yu was an accomplished actress and singer in China. After acting in several television movies, she won the "Best New Personality Award" at the Fifth CCTV Chinese Music Television Competition for her performance in Miss You in My Dream, a music video which she also co-produced and co-authored the lyrics. The video also won a Silver Award for creativity. She also won a Gold Award at the Jun Lu Music Video Competition for Maple Leaves. Winning these awards launched her career as a lead actress in national television drama series and movies, including the lead for Modern Family, a CCTV-produced 33-episode series that debuted and remained at the top spot of China's charts for five consecutive weeks, and Absolute Truth, and a 20-episode TV series that aired on over 100 networks nationwide.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Palette Pictures
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