Quentin Lee

Quentin Lee

Known For
Directing

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Known For
Directing

Biography

Quentin Lee (b. 1971, Hong Kong) is a film writer and director. He is most notable for Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993). Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films.

Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada, when he was 16. He attended UC Berkeley, Yale University and UCLA for his B.A. in English, M.A. in English and M.F.A. in Film Directing respectively.

Lee founded Margin Films in 1996 as a production company; Margin Films moved into film distribution starting with the film Bugis Street.

Lee's first foray into documentary film, 0506HK (2007), premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre Hong Kong Stories film series, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. The film explored his personal and political perspectives on whether to return to Hong Kong, as well as the evolving cultural and social climate, through interviews with family members and friends living and working in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

In October 2009 Lee's graphic novel Campus Ghost Story, created in collaboration with artist John Hahn was published by Fresh Fear, an imprint of Margin Films.

Lee's film The People I've Slept With premiered at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival in North America, internationally at the 2009 São Paulo International Film Festival, the 2010 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in Asia, and the 2010 Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in Europe.

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Quentin Lee's LGBTQ+ Titles

White Frog
White Frog
Director
Ethan Mao
Ethan Mao
Director

Acting (2)

2021
Acting in the Closet
1992
Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine as Himself

Directing (23)

2024
Rez Comedy • Director
• Director
2024
Laugh Proud • Director
• Director
2023
Last Summer of Nathan Lee • Director
• Director
2020
Brash Boys Club • Director
• Director
2020
Comisery • Director
• Director
2020
Kim McVicar: Please Notice Me • Director
• Director
2018
Gay Hollywood Dad • Director
• Director
2016
The Unbidden • Director
• Director
2014
Operation Marriage • Director
• Director
2014
Secrets & Toys • Director
• Director
2013
White Frog • Director
• Director
2011
Today Has Been Weird • Director
• Director
2010
Little Love • Director
• Director
2009
The People I've Slept With • Director
• Director
2007
0506HK • Director
• Director
2004
Ethan Mao • Director
• Director
2000
Drift • Director
• Director
1999
Fall 1990 • Director
• Director
1997
Shopping for Fangs • Director
• Director
1996
Flow • Director
• Director
1994
Hysterio Passio • Director
• Director
1992
Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine • Director
• Director
1992
To Ride a Cow • Director
• Director

Production (7)

2024
Laugh Proud • Producer
• Producer
2016
The Unbidden
• Casting
• Producer
2011
Today Has Been Weird • Producer
• Producer
2000
Drift • Producer
• Producer
1997
Shopping for Fangs • Producer
• Producer
1996
Flow • Producer
• Producer

Editing (2)

2011
Today Has Been Weird • Editor
• Editor
1997
Shopping for Fangs • Editor
• Editor

Writing (4)

2011
Today Has Been Weird • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2000
Drift • Writer
• Writer
1997
Shopping for Fangs • Writer
• Writer
1996
Flow • Writer
• Writer