Ruby Yang
Directing
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.
Known for
Autumn in New York
August 11, 2000
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
February 19, 1998
Promises
July 6, 2001
The Blood of Yingzhou District
June 13, 2006
China Cry
November 2, 1990
All Power to the People!
June 1, 1996
The Warriors of Qiugang
September 17, 2010
My Voice, My Life
October 16, 2014
Please Remember Me
November 17, 2017
Fish Story
November 16, 2013
Citizen Hong Kong
March 18, 1999
Ritoma
April 8, 2018
Behind the camera35
- 2026The Vanishing Song Director
- 2024Ah Cheung: Wings of Hope Creative Producer, Executive Producer
- 2021My Voice, My Life Revisited Director
- 2020Stories of Pang Jai Executive Producer
- 2019The Last Stitch Supervising Editor, Producer
- 2018China's Forgotten Daughters Supervising Editor
- 2018Ritoma Director, Editor, Story
- 2017Please Remember Me Executive Producer
- 2016In Search of Perfect Consonance Director, Editor, Story
- 2014