Yu Tsai

Who is Yu Tsai?

Yu Tsai is an American photographer working out of Los Angeles and New York. He was born in Taiwan and moved to a farm in Indiana with his family as a young child. Yu Tsai and his family then moved to Chino, California where Yu Tsai spent his adolescent life. He attended Don Lugo High School in Chino, California. During high school, he was a member of the Future Farmers of America and was also on his school's track team.

After high school he attended the University of California, Riverside and majored in Biology. Yu Tsai has also participated in national-wildlife conservation research with the National Geographic Research group.

Yu Tsai also attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and studied graphic design. It was during this time in his education that he discovered his true passion for the arts along with directing and photography as a means of telling a visual story. Yu Tsai has collaborated with other commercial directors in treatment writing and script development and has also directed commercials for Samsung, AETNA, and Gateway to list a few.

As a photographer, he has shot advertising campaigns for some of the following brands: APPLE, BCBG, Clairol, FreeSoul, GUESS Jeans, and Lexus.