Directing
Ruby Yang
EN, CN, ZH cinema · 36 credits
Birthplace
Hong Kong
Also known as 楊紫燁
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
Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope
Creative Producer, Executive Producer
Stories of Pang Jai
Executive Producer
The Last Stitch
Supervising Editor, Producer
Ritoma
Director, Editor, Story
China's Forgotten Daughters
Supervising Editor
Fires
Thanks
Please Remember Me
Executive Producer
In Search of Perfect Consonance
Director, Story, Editor
My Voice, My Life
Director, Producer, Editor
Fish Story
Producer
Whisper of Minqin
Supervising Editor
The Warriors of Qiugang
Director, Editor, Producer
A Moment in Time
Director, Editor
彼岸浮生
2008
Tongzhi in Love
Director, Editor
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Director, Editor
China 21
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Promises
Additional Editing
Citizen Hong Kong
as Narrator, Director, Editor, Writer
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Editor, Associate Producer
China Cry
Editor