Ruby Yang
Directing
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.
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Directing20
movieRitoma
2018
Director
movieMy Voice, My Life
2014
Director
movieThe Warriors of Qiugang
2010
Director
movieA Moment in Time
2010
Director
movieChina 21
2002
Director
movieCitizen Hong Kong
1999
Director
Matrimony
1983
Director
Nowhere
1982
Director
Editing20
movieThe Last Stitch
2019
Supervising Editor
movieChina's Forgotten Daughters
2018
Supervising Editor
movieRitoma
2018
Editor
movieWhisper of Minqin
2013
Supervising Editor
movieChina 21
2002
Editor
moviePromises
2001
Additional Editing
movieChina Cry
1990
Editor
Production8
movieAh Cheung: Wings of Hope
2024
Executive Producer
movieStories of Pang Jai
2020
Executive Producer
movieThe Last Stitch
2019
Producer
moviePlease Remember Me
2017
Executive Producer
movieMy Voice, My Life
2014
Producer
movieFish Story
2013
Producer
movieThe Warriors of Qiugang
2010
Producer
movieXiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998
Associate Producer
Writing4
movieAh Cheung: Wings of Hope
2024
Creative Producer
movieRitoma
2018
Story
Acting1
movieCitizen Hong Kong
1999
Narrator
Camera1
movieChina 21
2002
Director of Photography
Crew1
movieFires
2018
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