Sook-Yin Lee
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.
Filmography (25 titles)
MovieBoys Night
Ed's Mom (voice) · 2026
6.1MovieDarkest Miriam
Susu Leung · 2025
7.0MovieEndless Cookie
Radio Announcer · 2025
5.8MovieClose to You
Emily · 2024
MovieRest and Relax
Multiple Roles · 2024
6.5MovieA Fermenting Woman
Marielle · 2024
5.0Movie299 Queen Street West
2023
MovieDeath and Sickness.
Herself · 2020
10.0MovieFive Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
2019
Whispers and Shoulders
Specter · 2015
Jack
Olivia Chow · 2013
3.5MovieToronto Stories
Willia · 2008
3.8MoviePansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
Self (archive footage) · 2008
6.5MovieGifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Sofia · 2007
6.3MovieShortbus
Sofia · 2006
6.0Movie3 Needles
Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife · 2005
The Art of Woo
Alessa Woo · 2001
7.4MovieHedwig and the Angry Inch
Kwahng-Yi · 2001
8.0MovieBoy Meets Girl
Judy · 1998
7.6ShowSliders
Pat · 1995
4.9MovieBad Company
Waitress · 1995
Green Dolphin Beat
Mai-ling · 1994
9.0MovieMood Indigo
Jenny · 1993
MovieEscapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Narrator (voice) · 1990
MovieNo Tickets at the Door