Raina Liwen Yang is a Chinese writer and 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.

Her work explores alienation, desires, and the quiet transformations in women’s lives, often through encounters between people whose beliefs and ways of life are in tension. Her short films have received support from organizations including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Panavision, and the NYC Women’s Fund, and have screened internationally at festivals including the Hamptons International Film Festival, FIRST International Film Festival, and the Asian American International Film Festival. Raina has been selected for TorinoFilmLab Green Narratives program, BendFilm Basecamp, and Cine Qua Non Lab to develop her first feature, Live Catch.

Outside of filmmaking, she has a strong interest in creative nonfiction and immersive, research-driven storytelling, and once spent thirty days sea kayaking and backpacking in Alaska wilderness without prior camping experience.

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。

她的创作关注女性生命中的疏离、欲望与蜕变，并在不同信念和生活方式的相遇中探索共情的可能。基于其跨国家与多元社群的生活经验，她长期探讨社会与环境不稳定如何影响个体对未来的想象与信仰体系。

其作品曾入选包括FIRST青年电影展、汉普顿国际电影节、亚美国际电影节等多个影展，并获得斯隆基金会、纽约女性基金等机构支持。

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

在电影创作之外，她对非虚构写作和沉浸式探险充满热情——比如曾在毫无露营经验的情况下，在阿拉斯加野外进行过为期三十天的海上皮划艇与徒步旅行。