Sook-Yin Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, Canada
Biography
Sook-Yin Lee (born 1966) 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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
No Tickets at the Door
Movie
Boys Night
Movie · as Ed's Mom (voice)
Darkest Miriam
Movie · as Susu Leung
Endless Cookie
Movie · as Radio Announcer
Close to You
Movie · as Emily
A Fermenting Woman
Movie · as Marielle
Rest and Relax
Movie · as Multiple Roles
299 Queen Street West
Movie
Death and Sickness.
Movie · as Herself
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
Movie
Whispers and Shoulders
Movie · as Specter
Jack
Movie · as Olivia Chow
Toronto Stories
Movie · as Willia
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Movie · as Sofia
Shortbus
Movie · as Sofia
3 Needles
Movie · as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
The Art of Woo
Movie · as Alessa Woo
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Movie · as Kwahng-Yi
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · as Judy
Bad Company
Movie · as Waitress
Sliders
TV · as Pat · 1 ep
Green Dolphin Beat
Movie · as Mai-ling
Mood Indigo
Movie · as Jenny
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Movie · as Narrator (voice)