Darius Shu
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Darius Shu is a 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. His work is characterised by incorporating a blend of social awareness and surrealism elements.
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', world premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2025.
Darius's short film His Hands was nominated for Best Narrative Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2019 and I Am Norman was selected at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021.
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. His work is characterised by incorporating a blend of social awareness and surrealism elements.
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', world premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2025.
Darius's short film His Hands was nominated for Best Narrative Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2019 and I Am Norman was selected at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021.
