Born in Shanghai and raised in Indiana, J. Faye Yuan is a New York-based bilingual curator, producer, and editor. With support from Tribeca Creators Market, Doha Film Institute, Women Make Movies, and New York State Council on the Arts, Faye made her first feature-length documentary about a maverick Chinese animal activist. In 2021, she edited an award-winning film documenting the 100-year long history of jazz in China. In addition to filmmaking, she is a curator for the Queens Memory Project – a participatory 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.