Ruby Yang
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- 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 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.
Filmography
The Vanishing Song 2026
Director
My Voice, My Life Revisited 2021
Director
Ritoma 2018
Director, Editor, Story
In Search of Perfect Consonance 2016
Director, Story, Editor
My Voice, My Life 2014
Director, Producer, Editor
Subway to Yong Chun 2011
Director
The Warriors of Qiugang 2010
Director, Editor, Producer
A Moment in Time 2010
Director, Editor
Tongzhi in Love 2008
Director, Editor
Chung To: Close Up & Personal 2006
Director
Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai Charity 2006
Director
The Blood of Yingzhou District 2006
Director, Editor
Julia's Story 2005
Director
Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS 2005
Director
China 21 2002
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
A Journey to Silicon Valley 2001
Director, Editor
Citizen Hong Kong 1999
as Narrator, Director, Editor, Writer
White Passage 1987
Director
Matrimony 1983
Director
Mirror Points 1983
Director
Nowhere 1982
Director
Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope 2024
Creative Producer, Executive Producer
Stories of Pang Jai 2020
Executive Producer
The Last Stitch 2019
Producer, Supervising Editor
China's Forgotten Daughters 2018
Supervising Editor
Fires 2018
Thanks
Please Remember Me 2017
Executive Producer
Whisper of Minqin 2013
Supervising Editor
Fish Story 2013
Producer
Shanghai Strangers 2012
Editor
Credits from TMDB.