Ruby Yang

Ruby Yang (Traditional Chinese: 楊紫燁, Simplified Chinese: 杨紫烨; Pinyin: Yáng Zǐye), is an Academy Award-winning 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. She was both associate producer and editor for Joan Chen’s debut feature Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, series editor for Bill Moyers’ PBS series Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, and editor for Chen's first Hollywood feature, Autumn in New York. Her work, broadcast on PBS and HBO, has won an Academy Award, the Emmy Awards, a DuPont-Columbia Journalism award and two IDA Pare Lorentz Award nominations.

She is now based in Beijing, directing public service announcements and a wide range of documentary work as part of Chang Ai Media Project(formerly the China AIDS Media Project). In collaboration with filmmaker Thomas F. Lennon, the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign has reached 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.

Filmography

• A Moment in Time [1] (2009) - director
• Tongzhi in Love (2008) - director
• The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) - director (Academy Award winner - best documentary short subject, [2]; 2009 DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award [3]; 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 [4])

• Becoming American [5]: The Chinese Experience, PBS mini-series (2003) - series editor (Emmy Nominations (four); IDA nomination; Christopher Award)

• China 21 [6] (2002) - PBS Documentary - director, editor (premiered at San Francisco International Film Festival)

• Citizen Hong Kong [7] (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）[8]

• Autumn in New York (2000) directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder – editor

• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998) – editor, associate producer (Berlin Film Festival [9] 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 PBS documentary (1997) – editor

• All Power to the People (1996) Documentary – Editor [10]

• A.K.A. Don Bonus [11], PBS P.O.V. documentary (1995) - editor (Emmy Award, Visions du Reel Festival First Prize; San Francisco Film Festival Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary)

• China: The Wild East Turner Broadcasting (1994) – Editor (premiered at Telluride Festival)

See also

• HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China

References

• Internet Movie Database [12]
• Allmovie [13]
• New York Times [14]
• Yahoo Movies [15]
• Asian American Media (CAAM) [16]
• Creative Work Fund [17]