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