About

Ziqi Yang is a Los Angeles-based director and cinematographer. She graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film and TV Production. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, where she double-majored in Film & TV Production and Advertising, with a minor in Business Administration.

Born in Guangzhou, China, and having lived and worked in multiple global cities, Ziqi is passionate about exploring diverse cultures and perspectives. She believes in the transformative power of storytelling to connect people and fulfill the universal need for recognition and understanding. Her work spans narrative, documentary, and commercial projects, with films recognized at DOC NYC, BAFTA, the St. Louis International Film Festival, and Flickers’ Rhode Island.

In 2023, Ziqi was nominated and selected for the Sony Future Cinematography program. Her film script and proposal “ECLIPSE” was awarded the 2024 Sloan Production Grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, being one of the two award winners for this Grant., and 2025 Emerging Educational Filmmaker Grant from the LearningTimes Foundation. In the 2024 summer, she was selected from over 7,000 applicants for the 2024 Academy Gold Rising Program, a talent development initiative by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Ziqi was also awarded USC Jon M. Chu Endowed Student Fund Scholarship for her achievement as an upcoming Asian filmmaker.