Cast & creator
Sook-Yin Lee
Best known for Sliders, Shortbus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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.
52
film credits
1
television credits
25
1990–2026 · acting roles
5.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (53)
Showing 53 of 53 credits
Sliders
Pat
1995
Shortbus
Sofia
2006
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kwahng-Yi
2001
Close to You
Emily
2024
Bad Company
Waitress
1995
Endless Cookie
Radio Announcer
2025
Year of the Carnivore
Director
2009Year of the Carnivore
Writer
2009Year of the Carnivore
Original Music Composer
2009
Boys Night
Ed's Mom (voice)
2026
Paying for It
Director
2025Paying for It
Screenplay
2025Paying for It
Original Music Composer
2025
Octavio Is Dead!
Writer
2018Octavio Is Dead!
Director
2018Octavio Is Dead!
Music
2018Three Movements
Story
2013Three Movements
Co-Director
2013
Mood Indigo
Jenny
1993The Art of Woo
Alessa Woo
2001
Darkest Miriam
Susu Leung
2025Jack
Olivia Chow
2013
3 Needles
Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
2005
Green Dolphin Beat
Mai-ling
1994
Boy Meets Girl
Judy
1998
Toronto Stories
Willia
2008Toronto Stories
Director
2008Toronto Stories
Writer
2008
299 Queen Street West
2023
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Sofia
2007
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
Self (archive footage)
2008
No Tickets at the Door
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Narrator (voice)
1990Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Writer
1990Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
Director
1990
Unlocked
Writer
2005Unlocked
Director
2005
Rest and Relax
Multiple Roles
2024Rest and Relax
Director
2024Rest and Relax
Editor
2024Rest and Relax
Writer
2024Rest and Relax
Music
2024Rest and Relax
Cinematography
2024Rest and Relax
Producer
2024
Death and Sickness.
Herself
2020Death and Sickness.
Director
2020Death and Sickness.
Director of Photography
2020
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
2019Whispers and Shoulders
Specter
2015Whispers and Shoulders
Director
2015
A Fermenting Woman
Marielle
2024Girl Cleans Sink
Director
2004Girl Cleans Sink
Writer
2004