ruth jiang

hi, it’s ruth. nice to meet you :)

i’m a chinese-american screenwriter based in los angeles. i was born in palo alto, grew up in minnesota, and went to wellesley college in massachusetts. 

most of my own stories pair alternate futures and fantastical situations grounded in the real world with messy second-gen family dynamics, the midwestern asian-american experience, and second puberties. my collaborative projects are a more diverse mix of character-driven sci-fi, fantasy and horror. i hope to share about some of them soon!

i used to be a music writer before focusing all my attention on screenwriting.  but if you are curious, you can learn a bit more about my music background here. 

you can check out some of my work below.

my email is 25percentcrisis@gmail.com
i like dumb puns, writing opportunities, and penpals in no particular order. hmu!


TV

Away and Back - 1 hr pilot  Exiled into observing the long-dead home planet of his ancestors, an insomniac space ranger finds reprieve after stumbling upon the history of two boys who once lived on Earth with dreams of running away to space. 2023 Black List x WIF Episodic Lab short list
2022 Mentorship Matters finalist
2022 Screencraft Sci-fi/Fantasy quarterfinalist
8 on the Blacklist 


A Cure For The Living Dead- 1 hr pilot In a small town succumbing to the encroachment of a mysterious biotech company, a newly disabled athlete stumbles upon a scene of fantastically enormous proportions and unwittingly triggers a sequence of events that threatens to destabilize the secret behind the company's profits. 2023 Stowe Story Labs x Studio SKYFIRE Fellowship
2023 Coverfly Red List - Sci-Fi TV


Surge- 1 hr pilot

This is my proudest script I’ve worked on. It’s my take on the zombie apocalypse and I think it’s fresh and gripping and have put more of myself into this story than any other stories I’ve written. If you asked me to pick one script of mine for you to read-- this is the one. LMK if you’re interested! I ‘m sending it around to places this year and for the most part it seems like people have really been enjoying it. 


Music

Samia -  Honey Album Review [Bandcamp]

Miss Grit’s “Follow the Cyborg” Is Sweeping, Theatrical Rock about Man and Machine [Pitchfork]

PUTOCHINOMARICÓN Explores Contradictions on JÁJÁ ÉQUISDÉ (Distopia Aburrida) [Bandcamp]

Nilüfer Yanya Gets Vulnerable on Painless [Bandcamp] 
 
Bowen Yang Has It In The Bag [LADYGUNN]

The Year of Peggy Gou [Bandcamp]

All Hail the New Voice: Isaac Dunbar [LADYGUNN]


Film

Bolognese (2021) - 7 minute short film
editor, co-writer/co-director

A cannibalistic millenial makes a horrifying discovery on the day of her and her boyfriend’s anniversary
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Vortex Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival (2021) 
Roku Genre TV Channel - available on Roku Players/TVs


Flight (2021) - 5 minute short film
editor, writer
After her best friend decides to move cross country with her dad post-divorce, a young girl struggles to say good bye.
Rhode Island International Film Festival (2021)
Boston MFA Women’s Film Festival (2021) 
Provincetown Film Festival (2022)