Person
Ruby Yang
Directing · Hong Kong
Biography
Ruby Yang is a Chinese American documentary film director and producer. She, originally from Hong Kong, relocated to San Francisco in 1977 and earned a degree from the San Francisco Art Institute with a focus on Painting and Filmmaking. Yang has been actively involved in creating documentaries and feature films, including the Oscar-winning film The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) and A Moment in Time (2010), a documentary that explores San Francisco’s Chinatown through its theatres and movie enthusiasts. From 2015 to 2019, she spearheaded the Hong Kong Documentary Initiative at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), with the goal of nurturing the next generation of documentary filmmakers in the region. Since July 2023, she has served as the director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at HKU.
Known for

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Editor

Autumn in New York
Editor

Fires
Thanks

Ritoma
Director

Whisper of Minqin
Supervising Editor
White Passage
Director

China Cry
Editor
Tongzhi in Love
Director

China 21
Director

China's Forgotten Daughters
Supervising Editor
Filmography
- 2024Ah Cheung: Wings of HopeCreative Producer
- 2021My Voice, My Life RevisitedDirector
- 2020Stories of Pang JaiExecutive Producer
- 2019The Last StitchSupervising Editor
- 2018China's Forgotten DaughtersSupervising Editor
- 2018RitomaDirector
- 2018FiresThanks
- 2017Please Remember MeExecutive Producer
- 2016In Search of Perfect ConsonanceDirector
- 2014My Voice, My LifeDirector
- 2013Whisper of MinqinSupervising Editor
- 2013Fish StoryProducer
- 2012Shanghai StrangersEditor
- 2011Subway to Yong ChunDirector
- 2010The Warriors of QiugangDirector
- 2010A Moment in TimeDirector
- 2008Tongzhi in LoveDirector
- 2006Chung To: Close Up & PersonalDirector
- 2006Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai CharityDirector
- 2006The Blood of Yingzhou DistrictDirector
- 2005Julia's StoryDirector
- 2005Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDSDirector
- 2002China 21Director
- 2001A Journey to Silicon ValleyDirector
- 2001PromisesAdditional Editing
- 2000Autumn in New YorkEditor
- 1999Citizen Hong KongNarrator
- 1998Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down GirlEditor
- 1996All Power to the People!Editor
- 1995A.K.A. Don BonusEditor
- 1990China CryEditor
- 1987White PassageDirector
- 1983MatrimonyDirector
- 1983Mirror PointsDirector
- 1982NowhereDirector
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