Ruby Yang

Ruby Yang is a noted filmmaker whose work in documentary and dramatic film has earned her an Academy Award, two Academy nominations, and numerous other international awards, including an Emmy, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, and the Global Health Council Media Award. In May 2019, she received Artist of the Year in Film at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.

Yang lived and worked in San Francisco for many years, relocated to Beijing in 2004, and now lives in Hong Kong and Hawaii. She was appointed by the University of Hong Kong ( HKU ) as Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities in 2013, and began teaching the master-level documentary course for the students at HKU JMSC. From 2015-2019, she headed the Hong Kong Documentary Initiative at HKU, aiming to nurture the next generation of documentary filmmakers in the region.

Yang is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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