Darius Shu

Darius Shu

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Biography

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.

Filmography

all 14

Movies 14

Director 11

Director of Photography
The Lime Green Shirt

The Lime Green Shirt (2024)

Movie
Cinematographer
Stone

Stone (2023)

Movie
Director of Photography
Always, Asifa

Always, Asifa (2022)

Movie
Director of Photography
Sent to Cov

Sent to Cov (2022)

Movie
Director of Photography
Queer Parivaar

Queer Parivaar (2022)

Movie
Director of Photography
Peach Paradise

Peach Paradise (2022)

Movie
Director of Photography
Stockholm

Stockholm (2021)

Movie
Director of Photography
Tainted

Tainted (2020)

Movie
Director / Director of Photography
I Am Norman

I Am Norman (2020)

Movie
Cinematographer
Mical

Mical (2020)

Movie
Director / Director of Photography
His Hands

His Hands (2018)

Movie
Cinematographer
Queer the Way

Queer the Way

Movie
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Last Days of John Allen Chau

The Last Days of John Allen Chau

Movie

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Gender
Male

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