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