Sook-Yin Lee
Acting
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.
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
as Sofia
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
as Self (archive footage)
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
as Sofia
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
as Narrator (voice)
Gathering insights...
IMDB
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