Raina Liwen Yang is a Chinese writer-director based between New York and Guangzhou. She received her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Cognitive Science and Film from the University of California, Berkeley.

Drawn to stories that explore identity, migration, and power, Raina creates transcultural narratives shaped through collaboration with communities whose backgrounds and beliefs intersect—and sometimes clash—across political and social divides. Her work reflects a long-held nomadic impulse to connect with people from different corners of the world, grounding intimate character studies within broader cultural tensions.

Her most recent short film, shot in Newfoundland, Canada, received both the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant and the PictureNL Film Fund. Her films have screened at festivals including the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, New Faces New Voices, and the New York Shorts International Film Festival. She has also received support from the Panavision New Filmmaker Program, the American Association of University Women, and the NYC Women’s Fund.

Raina has participated in development programs including the 2024 Athena Writers Lab and the 2025 BendFilm Basecamp. She is currently developing her first feature, Live Catch, with the 2026 TorinoFilmLab Green Narratives program.

In addition to filmmaking, she works as a nonfiction writer and journalist. Across her work, she is driven by a commitment to fostering empathy across cultural, political, and social boundaries.

杨丽雯是一位活跃于纽约与广州之间的中国编剧、导演。她毕业于哥伦比亚大学电影导演专业（MFA），并在加州大学伯克利分校获得认知科学与电影双学士学位。

她的创作长期关注身份流动、迁移经验与权力结构等议题，致力于在跨文化语境中想象人类文明的未来。通过与不同社群的合作，她的作品探索不同文化背景、信念与社会立场之间的交汇与冲突。

她最新完成的短片在加拿大纽芬兰拍摄，获得Alfred P. Sloan Foundation制作基金与PictureNL Film Fund资助。其作品曾入选包括汉普顿国际电影节、亚美国际电影节、New Faces New Voices以及纽约国际短片电影节等多个影展，并获得Panavision New Filmmaker Program、American Association of University Women以及NYC Women’s Fund等机构支持。

她曾入选多个创作与发展项目，包括2024 Athena Writers Lab与2025 BendFilm Basecamp。目前，她正在开发首部长片项目《Live Catch》，并参与2026 意大利都灵电影实验室 Green Narratives项目。

除电影创作外，她亦爱好非虚构写作。在她的跨媒介创作中，始终关注如何在不同文化、政治与社会背景之间建立理解与共情。