Xinyan Yu (she/her) is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who has directed and produced work for PBS Frontline, NOVA, American Masters, BBC News, and NHK. Her feature documentary debut, Made in Ethiopia, won a Special Jury Mention at the 2024 Tribeca Festival and an Emmy nomination in 2026. Her PBS Frontline film, Maui’s Deadly Firestorm, won an Emmy Award and a Scripps Howard Journalism Award in 2025. Her latest PBS American Masters short documentary, Cindy Tran: From Here to Here, premiered at DOCNYC.