Born in Shanghai and raised in the American Midwest, J. Faye Yuan is a New York-based Chinese American curator, producer, and documentary editor. With support from Tribeca Creators Market, Doha Film Institute, and Women Make Movies, Faye produced and edited her first feature about a maverick Chinese animal activist. In 2022, she co-directed and edited an award-winning film documenting the 100-year long history of jazz in China. Currently, she is producing and editing a first-person essay film about a Korean adoptee’s decade-long search for his birth family, which has garnered support from American Public Television, Center for Asian American Media, Seoul Film Commission, Korea Film Commissions & Industry Network, and New York State Council on the Arts. She is a 2023 PBS Ignite Mentorship for Diverse Voices participant, where she produced and directed for PBS Digital Studios, a 2024 Asian American Documentary Network Impact Fellow, and a 2024 International Documentary Association Getting Real Fellow. In addition to filmmaking, she is a curator for the Queens Memory Project – a community-led archiving program supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College – and the host of its award-winning podcast.