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Ruby Yang
Hong Kong
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 Francis…
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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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2026
The Vanishing Song
Movie Director
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2024
Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope
Movie Creative Producer
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2021
My Voice, My Life Revisited
Movie Director
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2020
Stories of Pang Jai
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
The Last Stitch
Movie Supervising Editor
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2018
China's Forgotten Daughters
Movie Supervising Editor
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2018
Ritoma
Movie Director
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2018
Fires
Movie Thanks
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2017
Please Remember Me
Movie Executive Producer
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2016
In Search of Perfect Consonance
Movie Director
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2014
My Voice, My Life
Movie Director
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2013
Whisper of Minqin
Movie Supervising Editor
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2013
Fish Story
Movie Producer
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2012
Shanghai Strangers
Movie Editor
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2011
Subway to Yong Chun
Movie Director
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2010
The Warriors of Qiugang
Movie Director
More credits
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2010
A Moment in Time
Movie Director
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2008
Tongzhi in Love
Movie Director
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2006
Chung To: Close Up & Personal
Movie Director
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2006
Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai Charity
Movie Director
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2006
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Movie Director
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2005
Julia's Story
Movie Director
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2005
Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS
Movie Director
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2002
China 21
Movie Director
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2001
A Journey to Silicon Valley
Movie Director
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2001
Promises
Movie Additional Editing
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2000
Autumn in New York
Movie Editor
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1999
Citizen Hong Kong
Movie Narrator
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1998
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Movie Editor
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1996
All Power to the People!
Movie Editor
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1995
A.K.A. Don Bonus
Movie Editor
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1990
China Cry
Movie Editor
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1987
White Passage
Movie Director
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1983
Matrimony
Movie Director
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1983
Mirror Points
Movie Director
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1982
Nowhere
Movie Director
