Sook-Yin Lee

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Female

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Sook-Yin Lee

Biography

Sook-Yin Lee is a Toronto-based filmmaker, musician, actor, and broadcaster. Her feature film writer and directorial debut, Year of the Carnivore, starring Cristin Milioti, premiered at TIFF. In 2014, Lee won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Dramatic Actress in Jack. She wrote and performed Unsafe for Canadian Stage, which examined questions of censorship and artistic freedom. She won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2018 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival for Octavio Is Dead! She is a music recording artist and film score composer, contributing songs to Infinity Pool and Antiviral. Sook-Yin Lee directs and co-wri...

Acting

2006

Shortbus

as Sofia

2008

2013

Jack

as Olivia Chow

2001

The Art of Woo

as Alessa Woo

2024

Close to You

as Emily

2025

Darkest Miriam

as Susu Leung

1993

Mood Indigo

as Jenny

2024

Rest and Relax

as Multiple Roles

2005

3 Needles

as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife

1994

1998

2020

1995

Bad Company

as Waitress

2025

Endless Cookie

as Radio Announcer

Production

2009

2008

Toronto Stories

as Director

2008

2018

2018

Octavio Is Dead!

as Director

2025

Paying for It

as Director

2025

Paying for It

as Screenplay

2024

Rest and Relax

as Director

2024

2024

2024

2024

Rest and Relax

as Cinematography

2024

Rest and Relax

as Producer

2013

2005

Unlocked

as Writer

2005

Unlocked

as Director

2004

Girl Cleans Sink

as Director

2004

2013

Three Movements

as Co-Director

2015

2020

2020

Death and Sickness.

as Director of Photography

2025

Paying for It

as Original Music Composer

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