Yuuki Shimizu is a Brooklyn-based Director of Photography from Tokyo, Japan. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Film & Television program, he was born and raised in Japan and began his creative journey in still photography before moving into filmmaking, drawn to its ability to shape mood, rhythm, and emotion.

Over the past five years, Yuuki has built a dynamic body of work across commercial, narrative, music video, and documentary filmmaking. He has collaborated with clients and publications including Vogue, Nowness Asia, Nike, Meta, Panasonic, Land’s End, David Yurman, and Warner Music Japan.

His work on the short documentary Just Jacob was nominated by the Television Academy Foundation and won Best Documentary at the Savannah Film Festival, with additional recognition from NFFTY, the Beverly Hills Film Festival, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards, and The One Club for Creativity.