Lanxin Yu

Lanxin Yu (, born 22 May 1994) is a Chinese screenwriter and film director. She is best known for her youth movies To Us, From Us, Let Life Be Beautiful and Too Young To Grow Old.

Early life and education Yu Lanxin was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. She attended high school at Shenzhen Foreign Languages School graduating 2012. During her high school years, she was the manager of the podcast center, and in her senior year, she won the English-speaking interview competition for broadcast host of the Central Broadcasting System out of 20 girls competing nationwide.

In 2016, Yu graduated at Tsinghua University with a BA from the School of Economics and Management. In 2019, Yu graduated from the University of Southern California Film School with a master's degree in film production.

In 2023, after four years in development, a launch event for the commencement of production for Yu's TV series, Too Young To Grow Old, the spinoff of To Us, From Us was held in Longgang District, Shenzhen. The 24-episode series follows the lives of the new generation of youth in Shenzhen, with filming taking place in Longgang, Shenzhen Wutong Project Pictures and Yingchuan Culture are co-producers.

On January 22, 2025, Too Young To Grow Old, written and directly by Yu, premiered on iQIYI. "Let Life Be Beautiful", 2019