SHUYU CAO

MANAGER, Extracurricular

Shuyu Cao currently serves as Manager at Extracurricular Productions, a production company founded by Malala Yousafzai that tells fresh and surprising stories about women and people from marginalized communities. She and her team develop and produce scripted and non-scripted film and television projects for an international audience, all run through their overall deal at Apple TV.

Prior to Extracurricular, Shuyu worked at PICTURESTART and UTA and in another life, had a stint in the world of banking. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College, North Carolina (Steph Curry is a proud alum).

Shuyu was born in China and grew up in North Carolina. As an Asian American growing up in the American South, she soaked up stories from all over the world to speak to her experience. Her mission is to work with creators who want to flip familiar worlds on its head by filtering them through a perspective we've never seen before.