Quentin Lee 李孟熙 is a film writer and director. He is most notable for Ethan Mao

Ethan Mao

Ethan Mao is a 2004 dramafilm written and directed by Quentin Lee. It was shown at the AFI Film Festival on November 10, 2004 and the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on December 10 of the same year...

(2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993). Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs

Shopping for Fangs

-Cast:* Radmar Jao as Phil* Jeanne Chin as Katherine* Clint Jung as Jim* Lela Lee as Naomi* John Cho as Clarance* Peggy Ahn as Grace* Scott Eberlein as Matt* Daniel Twyman as Dr. Suleri* Jennifer Hengstenberg as Sammi* Dana Pan as May...

(1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow

Better Luck Tomorrow

Better Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 crime-drama film directed by Justin Lin. The movie is about Asian American overachievers who become bored with their lives and enter a world of petty crime and material excess...

(2002). Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

n and gay

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...

, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films.

Born in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Lee immigrated to Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, when he was 16. He attended UC Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 and UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 for his B.A. in English, M.A. in English and M.F.A. 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

Bugis Street (film)

Bugis Street is a 1995 Hong Kong-Singapore co-production directed by Yonfan, about the lives of Singaporean transvestites in a bygone era...

.

Lee's first foray into documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

, 0506HK (2007), premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre

Vancouver International Film Centre

The Vancouver International Film Centre houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre, along with a production room and offices for the Vancouver International Film Festival...

 Hong Kong Stories film series, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Hong Kong's 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 Lee's graphic novel Campus Ghost Story, created in collaboration with artist John Hahn

John Hahn

John Hahn was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Hahn was born in New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and practiced. Hahn was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress. He resumed the practice of medicine and also engaged in...

 was published by Fresh Fear, an imprint of Margin Films.

Lee's film The People I've Slept With

The People I've Slept With

The People I've Slept With is a 2009 Canadian sex-comedy film directed by Quentin Lee....

premiered at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival

Hawaii International Film Festival

The Hawaii International Film Festival is a film festival held in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was started in 1981 by Jeannette Paulson Hereniko and has been held annually in the fall for two weeks...

 in North America, internationally at the 2009 São Paulo International Film Festival

São Paulo International Film Festival

The São Paulo International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in São Paulo, Brazil since 1976. In 2004 Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami was a member of the jury.-International Jury Award:*2001: The New Country ...

, the 2010 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in Asia, and the 2010 Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in Europe.

as director

• Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (1992) (V)
• To Ride a Cow (1993) (V)
• Flow (1996)
• Shopping for Fangs
  Shopping for Fangs
  -Cast:* Radmar Jao as Phil* Jeanne Chin as Katherine* Clint Jung as Jim* Lela Lee as Naomi* John Cho as Clarance* Peggy Ahn as Grace* Scott Eberlein as Matt* Daniel Twyman as Dr. Suleri* Jennifer Hengstenberg as Sammi* Dana Pan as May...
  
  (1997)
• Fall 1990 (1999)
• Drift (2000)
• Ethan Mao
  Ethan Mao
  Ethan Mao is a 2004 dramafilm written and directed by Quentin Lee. It was shown at the AFI Film Festival on November 10, 2004 and the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on December 10 of the same year...
  
  (2004)
• 0506HK (2007)
• The People I've Slept With
  The People I've Slept With
  The People I've Slept With is a 2009 Canadian sex-comedy film directed by Quentin Lee....
  
  (2009)
• Little Love (2010)

as actor

• Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) .... Bruce Lee Extra

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