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)
Julia's Story
(Director)
Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai Charity
(Director)
In Search of Perfect Consonance
(Director)
Subway to Yong Chun
(Director)
White Passage
(Director)
Citizen Hong Kong
(Director)
Chung To: Close Up & Personal
(Director)
Nowhere
(Director)
Matrimony
(Director)
Mirror Points
(Director)
Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS
(Director)
A Moment in Time
(Director)
Ritoma
(Director)
A Journey to Silicon Valley
(Director)
China 21
(Director)
Citizen Hong Kong
(Editor)
A Journey to Silicon Valley
(Editor)
A Moment in Time
(Editor)
All Power to the People!
(Editor)
In Search of Perfect Consonance
(Story)
China 21
(Editor)
In Search of Perfect Consonance
(Editor)
China's Forgotten Daughters
(Supervising Editor)
The Warriors of Qiugang
(Editor)
A.K.A. Don Bonus
(Editor)
China 21
(Director of Photography)
My Voice, My Life
(Editor)
Ritoma
(Editor)
The Blood of Yingzhou District
(Editor)
Whisper of Minqin
(Supervising Editor)
Tongzhi in Love
(Editor)
Shanghai Strangers
(Editor)
Ritoma
(Story)
The Last Stitch
(Supervising Editor)
The Last Stitch
(Producer)
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)