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 "", series editor for Bill Moyers’ PBS series "Becoming American: The Chinese Experience", and editor for Chen's first Hollywood feature, "Autumn in New York". Yang has received many grants and awards for her work including the Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, the Emmy Awards 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

*"Tongzhi in Love" (2008) - director
*"The Blood of Yingzhou District" (2006) - director (Academy Award winner - best documentary short subject, [http://www.oscar.com/nominees/] ; 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 [http://www.gzdoc.com/en_2006/HomePage.asp] )

*"Becoming American" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810498/] : The Chinese Experience, PBS mini-series (2003) - series editor (Emmy Nominations (four); IDA nomination; Christopher Award)

*"China 21" [http://www.kbik.com/china_21.html] (2002) - PBS Documentary - director, editor (premiered at San Francisco International Film Festival)

*"Citizen Hong Kong" [http://www.kbik.com/citizen_hong_kong.html] (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） [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B17FF38550C748DDDA00894DE404482]

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

*"" (1998) – editor, associate producer (Berlin Film Festival [http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html] 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 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210482/]

*"A.K.A. Don Bonus" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112267/] , 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)

*"" Turner Broadcasting (1994) – Editor (premiered at Telluride Festival)

ee also

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

References

*Internet Movie Database [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002548/]
*All Movie Guide [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:234795]
*New York Times [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=234795]
*Yahoo Movies [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=234795]
*Asian American Media (NAATA) [http://asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.4.1.8.28&section=1.4]
*Creative Work Fund [http://www.creativeworkfund.org/pages/bios/ruby_yang.html]