James Lee

James Lee was born in 1973, Ipoh, Malaysia. Trained as a graphic designer. A self-taught filmmaker, he began acting & directing theatre plays before venturing into video filmmaking. James Lee, an award winning independent filmmaker from Malaysia. He's also one of the pioneers of indie digital video film-making. On top of directing he has DP, produced and acted in other independently produced films. His films have won awards in film festivals in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Philippines and Singapore. In 2007 the 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival France had a special focus on the movies of James Lee as a talent to watch. This focus was to acknowledge Lee's status as one of the pioneer digital filmmakers of the region. He was invited as a speaker in the TEDxKL 2015. In 2015 he won Director of the Year in the Singapore advertising award GONG for the branded short film "Last Day of School" which also picked up the Cannes Silver Lion Award in 2016.