Director
Ruby Yang
Hong Kong · 19 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 19
The Vanishing Song
2026 · Director
My Voice, My Life Revisited
2021 · Director
The Last Stitch
2019 · Producer
Ritoma
2018 · Director, Editor
In Search of Perfect Consonance
2016 · Director, Editor
My Voice, My Life
2014 · Director, Producer
Fish Story
2013 · Producer
Shanghai Strangers
2012 · Editor
The Warriors of Qiugang
2010 · Director, Editor
A Moment in Time
2010 · Director, Editor
Peng Liyuan & the Fu'Ai Charity
2006 · Director
The Blood of Yingzhou District
2006 · Director, Editor
China 21
2002 · Cinematography, Director
Autumn in New York
2000 · Editor
On Hoopla
Citizen Hong Kong
1999 · Narrator, Director
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998 · Editor
All Power to the People!
1996 · Editor
a.k.a. Don Bonus
1995 · Editor
China Cry
1990 · Editor
On Hoopla