Born in Shanghai and raised in Indiana, J. Faye Yuan is a New York-based bilingual producer and editor. With support from Tribeca Creators Market, Doha Film Institute, and Women Make Movies, Faye edited her first feature-length documentary about a maverick Chinese animal activist. In 2019, she directed and edited a game-show-inspired docuseries, which won a New York State Council on the Arts Film & Media Award. In addition to filmmaking, she is a curator for the Queens Memory Project – a community archiving program supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College with the aim of raising awareness and a sense of ownership in the production of shared historic records.