Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Hong Kong
Credits
36 titles
Ruby Yang
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
Filmography
The Vanishing Song
Director
Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope
Creative Producer
My Voice, My Life Revisited
Director
Stories of Pang Jai
Executive Producer
The Last Stitch
Supervising Editor
China's Forgotten Daughters
Supervising Editor
Ritoma
Director
Fires
Thanks
Please Remember Me
Executive Producer
In Search of Perfect Consonance
Director
My Voice, My Life
Director
Whisper of Minqin
Supervising Editor
Fish Story
Producer
Shanghai Strangers
Editor
Subway to Yong Chun
Director
The Warriors of Qiugang
Director
A Moment in Time
Director
Tongzhi in Love
Director
Chung To: Close Up & Personal
Director
Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai Charity
Director
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Director
Julia's Story
Director
Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS
Director
China 21
Director of Photography
A Journey to Silicon Valley
Director
Promises
Additional Editing
Autumn in New York
Editor
Citizen Hong Kong
Narrator
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Editor
All Power to the People!
Editor
A.K.A. Don Bonus
Editor
China Cry
Editor
White Passage
Director
Matrimony
Director
Mirror Points
Director
Nowhere
Director