Quentin Lee

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Quentin Lee b 1971 Hong Kong is a film writer and director He is most notable for Ethan Mao 2004 Drift 2000 Flow 1996 and the film short To Ride a Cow 1993 Lee also codirected Shopping For Fangs 1997 with Justin Lin known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow 2002 Lees films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films Born in Hong Kong Lee immigrated to Montreal Canada when he was 16 He attended UC Berkeley Yale University and UCLA for his BA in English MA in English and MFA in Film Directing respectively Lee founded Margin Films in 1996 as a production company Margin Films moved into film distribution starting with the film Bugis Street Lees first foray into documentary film 0506HK 2007 premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre Hong Kong Stories film series commemorating the 10year anniversary of Hong Kongs handover to China The film explored his personal and political perspectives on whether to return to Hong Kong as well as the evolving cultural and social climate through interviews with family members and friends living and working in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles In October 2009 Lees graphic novel Campus Ghost Story created in collaboration with artist John Hahn was published by Fresh Fear an imprint of Margin Films Lees film The People Ive Slept With premiered at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival in North America internationally at the 2009 São Paulo International Film Festival the 2010 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in Asia and the 2010 Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in Europe Description above from the Wikipedia article Quentin Lee licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia