Ying Qi

Ying Qi is a Chinese film director, producer, and educator based in New York City and Shanghai, China. She leverages film production and visual arts disciplines to create works that on the discourses of identity politics, intersectionality, social justice, and gender-based violence. Before starting her graduate program, she worked as the deputy chief editor/ Creative Producer at Justice4her, RNW media, an international NGO about women’s rights and SRHR(Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights). Besides her high engagement with gender topics and indie arts groups transnationally, She also worked as a filmmaking educator at the film college of Shanghai Theatre Academy. 

Her work has been featured by the UNWomen China, won and nominated twice for the best PSA(Public Service Advertisement) in Shanghai JCDecaux awards, as well as in publications like Southern Weekend China. She is now working on her new film projects, including a documentary about women in war.