Sook-Yin Lee

Sook-Yin Lee

Known For
Acting

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Known For
Acting

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-writes the live-action movie adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel Paying For It, which premiered at TIFF 2024.

Sook-Yin Lee's LGBTQ+ Titles

Shortbus
Shortbus
Sofia
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kwahng-Yi

Acting (23)

No Tickets at the Door
2024
Close to You as Emily
2024
Rest and Relax as Multiple Roles
2024
Darkest Miriam as Susu Leung
2024
A Fermenting Woman
2023
299 Queen Street West
2020
Death and Sickness. as Herself
2019
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
2015
Whispers and Shoulders as Specter
2013
Jack as Olivia Chow
2008
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band as Self
2008
Toronto Stories as Willia
2007
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' as Sofia
2006
Shortbus as Sofia
2005
3 Needles as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
2001
The Art of Woo as Alessa Woo
2001
1998
Boy Meets Girl as Judy
1995
Sliders as Pat (1 episode)
1995
Bad Company as Waitress
1994
Green Dolphin Beat as Mai-ling
1993
Mood Indigo as Jenny
1990
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle as Narrator (voice)

Directing (11)

2024
Paying For It • Director
• Director
2024
Rest and Relax • Director
• Director
2020
Death and Sickness. • Director
• Director
2018
Octavio Is Dead! • Director
• Director
2015
Whispers and Shoulders • Director
• Director
2013
Three Movements • Co-Director
• Co-Director
2009
Year of the Carnivore • Director
• Director
2008
Toronto Stories • Director
• Director
2005
Unlocked • Director
• Director
2004
Girl Cleans Sink • Director
• Director
1990
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle • Director
• Director

Production (1)

2024
Rest and Relax • Producer
• Producer

Editing (1)

2024
Rest and Relax • Editor
• Editor

Writing (9)

2024
Paying For It • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2024
Rest and Relax • Writer
• Writer
2018
Octavio Is Dead! • Writer
• Writer
2013
Three Movements • Story
• Story
2009
Year of the Carnivore • Writer
• Writer
2008
Toronto Stories • Writer
• Writer
2005
Unlocked • Writer
• Writer
2004
Girl Cleans Sink • Writer
• Writer
1990
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle • Writer
• Writer

Sound (1)

2024
Rest and Relax • Music
• Music

Camera (1)

2020
Death and Sickness. • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography

Crew (1)

2024
Rest and Relax • Cinematography
• Cinematography