indieWIRE | Producer Janet Yang to Receive 2012 Asian American Media Award

“Tonight, on the opening night of the 2012 Asian American International Film Festival, Asian CineVision will award Janet Yang with the 2012 Asian American Media Award.

Yang is a deeply respected Hollywood producer who has had an accomplished career. From 1989-1996, Yang was president of Ixtlan Corporation, formed with director Oliver Stone. During this time, Yang produced The People vs. Larry Flynt and executive produced The Joy Luck Club as well as Indictment: The McMartin Trial.

She is the president of Janet Yang Productions and the production company, The Manifest Film Company. Some of the films Yang has produced include High Crimes and The Weight of Water directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

More recently, Yang had been asked by Disney to adapt High School Musical for a Chinese audience, the first time a global franchise was made specifically…” Continue the article here.

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