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.

Sook-Yin Lee is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Shortbus (2006), Sliders (1995), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Bad Company (1995), Close to You (2024), Boy Meets Girl (1998), The Art of Woo (2001), 299 Queen Street West (2023). The recorded credits span 1990 to 2026, including 24 movies and 1 TV show.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.