We're Interviewing Who?! - Jessica Yu for Quiz Lady

Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 11:16 p.m.

Director Jessica Yu buzzes in to chat about BTS (the K-Pop grou) easter eggs, sibling fights, pragmatic parents, chicken facts, and her new film Quiz Lady.

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More about Jessica Yu:

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She is an Oscar and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker working in various genres. She was nominated for an Emmy and a DGA Award for \u201cFosse/Verdon.\u201d The first Asian American woman to direct a network drama pilot, Yu\u2019s series work includes \u201cThe Morning Show,\u201d \u201cThis is Us,\u201d \u201cBillions,\u201d \u201cHollywood,\u201d \u201c13 Reasons Why,\u201d \u201cThe Affair,\u201d \u201cAmerican Crime,\u201d \u201cLady Dynamite,\u201d \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy,\u201d and \u201cThe West Wing.\u201d She also directed Maria Bamford\u2019s Netflix special, \u201cOld Baby.\u201d She recently directed on the Amazon series, \u201cCitadel\u201d and the premiere episode of the current season of \u201cAmerican Horror Story.\u201d

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More about Quiz Lady:

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In the original film, a brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne\xa0 (Awkwafina), and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), must work together\xa0 to help cover their mother\u2019s gambling debts. When Anne\u2019s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set\xa0 out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne\xa0 into a bona fide gameshow champion. The movie, which also stars Jason Schwartzman, Holland\xa0 Taylor, Tony Hale, and Will Ferrell, is directed by Jessica Yu, written by Jen D\u2019Angelo, and\xa0 produced by Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, Maggie Haskins, Itay Reiss, Jen D\u2019Angelo, Awkwafina,\xa0 and Sandra Oh, with Alex Brown and Erika Hampson serving as executive producers.\xa0

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Quiz Lady is out streaming now on Hulu.

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