Yang Lina studied dance as a teenager, and has worked as a dancer, program host, and drama troupe actor. Started documentary work in 1996. She is one of the representatives of the new generation of folk documentaries in China.

Filmography

• 2026It's OK — Director
• 2024Big World — Director
• 2023Leap of Faith — Director
• 2022Song of Spring — Director, Writer
• 2019Spring Tide — Director, Screenplay
• 2013Longing for the Rain — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 2009Wild Grass — Director, Writer
• 2008My Neighbours and Their Japanese Ghosts — Director, Producer
• 2008The Love of Mr. An — Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound, Director of Photography, Producer
• 2001Platform — Zhong Pin
• 2000Home Video — Director
• 1999Old Men — Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
• The Temple — Director

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2026She and Her Two Minutes — Self