
Sook-Yin Lee
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 Festiva…
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Filmography
Acting (24)
Movies (23)
Endless Cookie
2025as Radio Announcer
Darkest Miriam
2025as Susu Leung
Close to You
2024as Emily
A Fermenting Woman
2024as Marielle
Rest and Relax
2024as Multiple Roles
299 Queen Street West
2023
Death and Sickness.
2020as Herself
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
2019Whispers and Shoulders
2015as Specter
Jack
2013as Olivia Chow
Toronto Stories
2008as Willia
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
2008as Self
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
2007as Sofia
Shortbus
2006as Sofia
3 Needles
2005as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001as Kwahng-Yi
The Art of Woo
2001as Alessa Woo
Boy Meets Girl
1998as Judy
Bad Company
1995as Waitress
Green Dolphin Beat
1994as Mai-ling
Mood Indigo
1993as Jenny
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
1990as Narrator (voice)
No Tickets at the Door
Television (1)
Crew (27)
Movies (27)
Paying for It
2025Director
Paying for It
2025Original Music Composer
Paying for It
2025Screenplay
Rest and Relax
2024Cinematography
Rest and Relax
2024Director
Rest and Relax
2024Editor
Rest and Relax
2024Music
Rest and Relax
2024Producer
Rest and Relax
2024Writer
Death and Sickness.
2020Director
Death and Sickness.
2020Director of Photography
Octavio Is Dead!
2018Director
Octavio Is Dead!
2018Writer
Whispers and Shoulders
2015Director
Three Movements
2013Co-Director
Three Movements
2013Story
Year of the Carnivore
2009Director
Year of the Carnivore
2009Original Music Composer
Year of the Carnivore
2009Writer
Toronto Stories
2008Director
Toronto Stories
2008Writer
Unlocked
2005Director
Unlocked
2005Writer
Girl Cleans Sink
2004Director
Girl Cleans Sink
2004Writer
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
1990Director
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
1990Writer
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