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American film producer

Date of Birth: 13 July 1956
Age: 70 years old
In the rating: #20 Producer

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Janet Yang is an American film producer serving as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2021. Yang has been credited on films and television including The Joy Luck Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dark Matter, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Zero Effect, Shanghai Calling, High Crimes, and the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Over the Moon.

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Yang was President of World Entertainment in San Francisco. She revived this small, local distributor of Hong Kong films, expanded it into exhibition, and was able to garner exclusive representation rights in North America for all films produced in the People's Republic of China. These films included filmmakers Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, among others.

Yang's first producing effort was the documentary film, East to West: America Through the Eyes of a Chinese. Yang was hired by several major studios to re-introduce American cinema to the Chinese marketplace after a long hiatus. From 1985 to 1987, she represented three major studios — Universal, Paramount, and MGM/United Artists — and was able to broker the first sale of American studio movies to China since 1949.

In 1985, she was hired to be Steven Spielberg's eyes and ears in China for the filming of the historic production of Empire of the Sun, responsible for liaising with both national and local levels of the Chinese government for its largest production to date. She then segued into a production position at Universal, supervising Spielberg's Amblin account.

From 1989 to 1996, Yang served as President of Ixtlan, the company she formed with Academy Award-winning Writer/Director Oliver Stone, spearheading all aspects of the company's development and production. At Ixtlan, she produced The People vs. Larry Flynt. The film won the 1996 Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actor. Yang also served as executive producer of the groundbreaking film The Joy Luck Club, based on the best-selling novel by Amy Tan and directed by Wayne Wang. Yang executive produced Indictment: The McMartin Trial for which she won both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Made for Television Movie.

Following her seven-year stint at Ixtlan, she formed the Manifest Film Company with Lisa Henson. Manifest Productions include Carl Franklin's High Crimes, with Morgan Freeman; The Weight of Water, from Academy-Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and starring Sean Penn; Zero Effect, starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller; and Savior starring Dennis Quaid. Yang also served as the Managing Director in charge of creative content and production at Tang Media Partners.

Yang produced the acclaimed film Dark Matter, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and starring Chinese actor Liu Ye and Meryl Streep. Dark Matter premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. In 2009, Yang was sought out by Disney Studios to produce High School Musical for Chinese audiences. Her last narrative feature was Shanghai Calling, a romantic comedy set in contemporary Shanghai. Yang was as an Executive Producer on the film, Documented, written and directed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas. In 2020, Yang produced Over The Moon for Netflix.

On May 3, 2020, Janet Yang served as a guest speaker at Asia Society's "Stand Against Racism in the Time of COVID" forum, alongside guests such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Representative Ted Lieu.

On July 19, 2022, Yang was feted at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with a pillar named in her honor. She is the first Asian American woman to have a pillar at the museum. On August 2, 2022, at a meeting of the Board of Governors, Yang was elected as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, replacing outgoing President David Rubin, who was ineligible to be re-elected. This made her the first Asian American President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the fourth woman to hold that position.

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Date of Birth 13 July 1956

Age 70 years old

Zodiac sign Cancer Cancer is selfless and noble Cancers are by no means balanced and calm people, as they want to appear, preferring not to show their real character. Nevertheless, they will not be able to deceive anyone, because their experiences have great power tha…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Gemini	88%
Cancer	84%
Taurus	84%
Capricorn	80%
Virgo	80%
Pisces	76%
Scorpio	76%
Libra	76%
Leo	76%
Aquarius	72%
Aries	64%
Sagittarius	60%

Chinese horoscope Monkey Monkey - energy and mind People born in the Monkey years, on the one hand, are smart, dexterous and agile. On the other hand, they are eccentric, contradictory and unreliable. All of them are rewarded with irascibility, a certain willfulness and wil…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Goat	92%
Dragon	92%
Dog	84%
Horse	84%
Rabbit	80%
Snake	80%
Monkey	80%
Bull	76%
Rooster	72%
Pig	68%
Rat	64%
Tiger	52%

Slavic horoscope Horse The Horse chertog in the Svarog circle carries a distinct rhythm of character, totem strength, and life task. People born in this hall often recognize themselves through ties to nature, kin, and patronage.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Lynx	96%
Eagle	96%
Finist	96%
Elk	92%
Horse	88%
Serpent	84%
Swan	84%
Aurochs	84%
Stork	84%
Pike	80%
Wolf	80%
Boar	76%
Virgin	76%
Fox	76%
Bear	76%
Raven	64%

Egyptian horoscope Anubis The Egyptian sign of Anubis reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Set	96%
Horus	96%
Anubis	88%
Bastet	84%
Isis	84%
Geb	80%
Sekhmet	76%
Thoth	76%
Osiris	76%
Mut	64%
Nile	64%
Amun-Ra	56%

Druid horoscope Holly Holly is the warrior with a noble heart. Born 8 July to 4 August, Holly people hold the line, defend fairness and lead through hard seasons.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Hazel	96%
Oak	92%
Holly	88%
Elder	84%
Willow	84%
Ash	84%
Reed	80%
Hawthorn	80%
Ivy	76%
Vine	76%
Alder	76%
Birch	60%
Rowan	56%

Indian horoscope Mithuna The Vedic rashi Mithuna carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Karka	96%
Vrishabha	92%
Mithuna	88%
Vrishchika	84%
Tula	80%
Mesha	80%
Kanya	76%
Simha	76%
Dhanu	64%
Meena	60%
Kumbha	56%
Makara	56%

Flower horoscope Violet The flower talisman Violet reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Rose	96%
Sunflower	96%
Water lily	96%
Bellflower	96%
Carnation	92%
Delphinium	92%
Wild rose	92%
Tulip	92%
Daisy	92%
Chamomile	92%
Violet	88%
Gladiolus	84%
Peony	84%
Camellia	84%
Heather	84%
Purslane	84%
Hydrangea	84%
Foxglove	84%
Mimosa	84%
Mistletoe	84%
Edelweiss	80%
Orchid	80%
Aster	80%
Dahlia	80%
Poppy	80%
Lotus	76%
Dandelion	76%
Freesia	76%
Lilac	76%
Lily of the valley	76%
Magnolia	76%
Lily	76%
Belladonna	76%
Immortelle	76%
Gentian	64%
Thistle	60%

Decan horoscope Cancer — 3rd decan The Cancer — 3rd decan decan refines your zodiac sign with a sub-ruler accent — temperament, decision style, and inner strengths differ even within the same sun sign.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Virgo — 2nd decan	96%
Virgo — 1st decan	96%
Cancer — 1st decan	96%
Gemini — 1st decan	96%
Leo — 3rd decan	92%
Leo — 2nd decan	92%
Leo — 1st decan	92%
Cancer — 2nd decan	92%
Gemini — 3rd decan	92%
Gemini — 2nd decan	92%
Cancer — 3rd decan	88%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	84%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 1st decan	84%
Libra — 3rd decan	84%
Taurus — 2nd decan	84%
Aries — 2nd decan	84%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	80%
Libra — 2nd decan	80%
Aries — 3rd decan	80%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	76%
Capricorn — 1st decan	76%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	76%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	76%
Libra — 1st decan	76%
Virgo — 3rd decan	76%
Taurus — 3rd decan	76%
Taurus — 1st decan	76%
Aries — 1st decan	76%
Pisces — 3rd decan	64%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	64%
Aquarius — 1st decan	64%
Pisces — 2nd decan	60%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	60%
Pisces — 1st decan	56%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	56%

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