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Sook-Yin Lee

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 Close to You Actor Emily 58
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2024 Rest and Relax Actor Multiple Roles N/A
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2024 Darkest Miriam Actor Susu Leung N/A
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2024 A Fermenting Woman Actor N/A
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2023 299 Queen Street West Actor N/A
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2020 Death and Sickness. Actor Herself N/A
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2019 Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls Actor N/A
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2015 Whispers and Shoulders Actor Specter N/A
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2013 Jack Actor Olivia Chow 58
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2008 Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band Actor Self 58
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2008 Toronto Stories Actor Willia 58
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2007 Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' Actor Sofia 59
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2006 Shortbus Actor Sofia 60
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2005 3 Needles Actor Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife 59
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2001 The Art of Woo Actor Alessa Woo 58
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2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Actor Kwahng-Yi 65
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1998 Boy Meets Girl Actor Judy N/A
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1995 Bad Company Actor Waitress 57
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1994 Green Dolphin Beat Actor Mai-ling 59
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1993 Mood Indigo Actor Jenny N/A
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1990 Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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No Tickets at the Door Actor N/A
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Directing
2025 Paying for It Directing Director N/A
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2024 Rest and Relax Directing Director N/A
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2020 Death and Sickness. Directing Director N/A
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2018 Octavio Is Dead! Directing Director 58
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2015 Whispers and Shoulders Directing Director N/A
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2013 Three Movements Directing Co-Director N/A
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2009 Year of the Carnivore Directing Director 58
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2008 Toronto Stories Directing Director 58
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2005 Unlocked Directing Director N/A
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2004 Girl Cleans Sink Directing Director 59
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1990 Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2025 Paying for It Writing Screenplay N/A
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2024 Rest and Relax Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Octavio Is Dead! Writing Writer 58
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2013 Three Movements Writing Story N/A
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2009 Year of the Carnivore Writing Writer 58
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2008 Toronto Stories Writing Writer 58
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2005 Unlocked Writing Writer N/A
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2004 Girl Cleans Sink Writing Writer 59
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1990 Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 Rest and Relax Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2024 Rest and Relax Sound Music N/A
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Camera
2020 Death and Sickness. Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2024 Rest and Relax Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2024 Rest and Relax Editing Editor N/A
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