Darius Shu is a British East Asian cinematographer based in London. He loves telling humanistic and poetic stories with striking imagery. Darius is dedicated to uplifting underrepresented communities and amplifying Asian stories, while fostering meaningful societal conversations and driving progress forward through the power of cinema and storytelling.

Some notable examples of his recent projects as a cinematographer include the BAFTA-nominated ITVX documentary Always, Asifa (2023), the Netflix documentary Peach Paradise (2022), Queer Parivaar (2021),  winner of the Best British Film award at the Iris Prize in 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' and recently shot Sky Yang’s debut feature film ‘Slim’, executive produced by Chi Thai. 

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

Represented by Wizzo & Co
+44 (0)20 7437 2055

Film/Drama
Lee Hickman
lee@wizzoandco.co.uk


Commercials & Music Videos
Sophie Shaw-Foucher
sophie@wizzoandco.co.uk


Personal
darius@silverprincepictures.com

PR

mgmt@silverprincepictures.com

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