Ruby Yang (Traditional Chinese: 楊紫燁, Simplified Chinese: 杨紫烨; Pinyin: Yáng Zǐye), is a Chinese American filmmaker.
Originally from Hong Kong, Yang has worked on a range of feature and documentary films exploring Chinese themes as director and editor. Her work has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once and received other awards including the Emmy Awards, a Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and two IDA Pare Lorentz Award nominations.
In 2003, along with filmmaker Thomas F. Lennon, Yang founded the Chang Ai Media Project to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in China. Since then, its documentaries and public service announcements have been seen by hundreds of millions of Chinese viewers. One of their films - The Blood of Yingzhou District"《颍州的孩子》"- won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. She is now based in Beijing, directing documentaries and developing several feature film projects.
| Title | Date | Type | Working as | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Warriors of Qiugang《仇岗卫士》/
《仇崗衛士》[1] |
2010 | Documentary | Director, producer | Oscar nominee, Documentary Short Subject |
| A moment in Time《声光转逝》/《聲光轉逝》 [2] | 2009 | PBS Documentary | Director | Premiered at 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival [3], Hong Kong Chinese Documentary Festival 2010 [4] |
| Tongzhi in Love 《彼岸浮生》 | 2008 | Documentary | Director | Best Documentary Short, Golden Gate Award - San Francisco International Film Festival |
| The Blood of Yingzhou District 《颍州的孩子》 | 2006 | Documentary | Director | Academy Award winner - best documentary short subject, [5]; 2009 DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award [6]; 2007 Excellence in Media Award - Global Health Council International Documentary Festival; Chicago Doc Humanitarian Award - Chicago International Documentary Film Festival; Golden Reel Jury Prize, Best Short - VC FilmFest; Grand Jury Award - AFI Silverdocs Film Festival; Audience Award - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - Documenta International Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - RiverRun International Film Festival; Grand Jury Award - AFI Silverdocs Film Festival; nominated for Pare Lorentz Documentary Award, IDA |
| Julia’s Story | 2005 | Director | One of 12 best documentaries at Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival [7] | |
| Becoming American [8]: The Chinese Experience, | 2003 | PBS mini-series | Series editor | Emmy Nominations (four); IDA nomination; Christopher Award |
| China 21 [9] | 2002 | PBS Documentary | Director, editor | Premiered at San Francisco International Film Festival |
| Citizen Hong Kong [10] | 2001 | Documentary Feature | Director, editor | Nominated for Pare Lorentz Documentary Award, IDA |
| The Journey to Silicon Valley | 2000 | Feature documentary | Director, Editor | Made in conjunction with Baidu Co-founder Eric Xu）[11] |
| Autumn in New York | 2000 | Feature Film | Editor | Directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder |
| Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl | 1998 | Feature Film | Editor, associate producer | Berlin Film Festival [12] Golden Bear nomination, Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards-seven Golden Horse Awards, National Board of Review, International Freedom Award Paris Film Festival, Special Jury Prize, Grand Prix nomination, Independent Spirits Awards nomination |
| Street Soldier | 1997 | PBS documentary | Editor | |
| All Power to the People | 1996 | Documentary | Editor | [13] |
| A.K.A. Don Bonus [14] | 1995 | PBS P.O.V. documentary | Editor | Emmy Award, Visions du réel documentary film festival, Nyon, Switzerland - First Prize; San Francisco Film Festival Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary |
| China: The Wild East | 1994 | Turner Broadcasting | Editor | Premiered at Telluride Festival |