Wu Kai-yu
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Kai Wu | |
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| Other names | Kai Yu Wu |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
Kai Wu is an Taiwanese-American television writer.
She is well known for her work on the NBC horror series Hannibal.
Life and career
Born in Taiwan, Wu was raised in Salisbury, Maryland. She attended Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in fictional literature. After college, she moved to Los Angeles and was hired as an agency assistant.[1]
Her first job in film was as an editorial assistant post-production coordinator on Danny Leiner's The Great New Wonderful. She then sieged to television; working as an assistant to executive producers on the Syfy reboot Flash Gordon. She later went on to become an assistant to Matt Nix on USA's Burn Notice.
Hannibal
In 2013, Wu interviewed for an assistant position on the NBC Hannibal Lecter series Hannibal, but was instead hired as a staff writer by developer Bryan Fuller. Wu had previously written a pilot that was "a love letter" to Fuller titled "Memory Bank", which he read and led to her hire. She went on to contribute to two episodes of the series ("Entrée" and "Naka-Choko").[2][1]
References
- ^ a b "interview: Kai Wu, Writer on Hannibal". kiyong's blog of creative pursuits. February 10, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ "Kai Yu Wu". TV.com. Retrieved September 11, 2014.