Janet
Yang
Janet
Yang is the founder of The Manifest Film Company. Recent films
she has produced include ¡§High Crimes,¡¨ a thriller for Fox
starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, and ¡§The Weight of
Water¡¨, starring Sean Pean, Elizabeth Hurley and Sarah Polley.
Other recent credits include: ¡§Savior,¡¨ a film set in the
Bosnian war, starring Dennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski and
Stellan Skarsgard;
and ¡§Zero Effect¡¨, a comedic detective movie starring Bill
Pullman and Ben Stiller. From 1989
to 1996, Ms. Yang was partnered with Oliver Stone, and president
of
their company Ixtlan. While there, she produced "The
People vs. Larry Flynt¡¨ for Columbia Pictures, winner of two
Golden Globe Awards and Academy Award nominations.
Ms. Yang also served as Executive Producer of the HBO movie "Indictment:
The McMartin Trial", for which she received both the
1995 Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. She was also Executive
Producer of the critically acclaimed "The Joy Luck Club" (Disney,
1993), directed by Wayne Wang.
Ms. Yang began her career by brokering the sale of the first
American studio movies sold in the Chinese market. This in
turn led to her serving as Steven Spielberg's liaison in
China during the historic production of "Empire of the
Sun." She also initiated "Dragon: The Bruce Lee
Story" while at Universal.
Ms. Yang holds a B.A. from Brown University in Chinese Studies
as well as an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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