Director

Ruby Yang

Directing

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 66168

IMDb ID: nm0002548

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Hong Kong

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2024

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.94

Wikidata: Q3426152

Also known as

楊紫燁

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Director (9)Director of Photography (1)Editor (6)Supervising Editor (3)Additional Editing (1)Creative Producer (1)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

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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