Born in China in 1985. He is a writer, director, producer, and visual artist. After graduating from law school, he started making films with Shengze Zhu, and together they established Burn The Film. Yang has made four feature-length films and several shorts, encompassing narrative, documentary, and experimental films. Among his works are the features “Distant” (2013), “Where Are You Going” (2016) and “Footnote” (2022), and the short film “Down There” (2018), screened in film festivals like Locarno, Rotterdam and Venice. He also produced “A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces” (2021), by Shengze Zhu, presented at the 45th Mostra and at Berlinale.