Darius Shu

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Darius Shu

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.

Known For

Camera

Plop

as Director of Photography

The Last Days of John Allen Chau

as Second Unit Director of Photography

The White Hart

as Director of Photography

2024
The Lime Green Shirt

as Director of Photography

2024
Still

as Director of Photography

2024
Lullaby

as Additional Photography

2023
Stone

as Director of Photography

2022
Sent to Cov

as Director of Photography

2022
Always, Asifa

as Director of Photography

2022
Queer Parivaar

as Director of Photography

2022
Peach Paradise

as Director of Photography

2021
Stockholm

as Director of Photography

2020
I Am Norman

as Director of Photography

2020
Tainted

as Director of Photography

2020
Mical

as Director of Photography

2018
Secret Child: The Bridge

as Director of Photography

2018
His Hands

as Director of Photography

Director

Plop

as Director

2020
I Am Norman

as Director

2018
His Hands

as Director