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