TOP PROFESSIONALS
Asian American Professionals Worth Knowing
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TOP ASIAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS
JANET YANG
Profession: Movie Producer
Birthplace: Long Island, New York
Position: Independent Producer; President of Ixtlan Films, Los Angeles
aving grown up on Long Island, Janet Yang didn't have to go far to get her MBA from Columbia University. She began her professional career in Beijing as a translator and editor for the Foreign Languages Press Office, the official publishing arm of the Chinese government.
Returning to the U.S., she ran World Entertainment in San Francisco, a firm involved in importing and distributing films from Hong Kong and China. World Entertainment led her to a position with Steven Speilberg on his film, Empire of the Sun. She moved from there to become a production executive position at Universal Studios, then to her position heading up the business end of Ixtlan, where she developed and produced movies like Joy Luck Club and laid the ground work for Dragon: Bruce Lee Story.
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