Georgia Lee

Georgia Lee
Born 1976 (age 41–42)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation film director
Years active 1998-present
Known for Red Doors

Georgia Lee is an independent film director. Her work includes the 2006 film Red Doors.

Early life

Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to immigrants from Taiwan. She was raised primarily in Waterford, Connecticut in the same house featured in her film Red Doors.[1] Actress Kathy Shao-Lin Lee is her younger sister.

Lee was ranked first in her senior year at Waterford High School.[2] She attended Harvard University, where she received an A.B. in biochemistry from Harvard University.[3] She had previously began an MBA but did not complete the program.[4] After graduation, Lee worked for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.[5]

Career

Lee apprenticed on Gangs of New York after its director Martin Scorsese saw Lee's first short film, The Big Dish. Lee's next short film was Educated (2001), which was shown in over 30 festivals around the world.

Lee wrote and directed the feature film Red Doors. It won the Best Narrative Feature Award in the NY, NY Competition at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. It also won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at CineVegas, and the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest.

Lee has served as juror for both the Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.

Bibliography

Writer

Boom! Studios

  • The Expanse Origins (2017)
    • The Expanse Vol. 1: Origins (tpb, 126 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-6841-5114-7) collects:
      • "James Holden" (with Hallie Lambert, Huang Danlan and Triona Farrell, in #1, February 2017)
      • "Naomi Nagata" (with Huang Danlan and Triona Farrell, in #2, April 2017)
      • "Amos Burton" (with Huang Danland and Juan Useche, in #4, May 2017)

References

  1. ↑ Heiter, Celeste (August 14, 2006). "The Women Behind Red Doors: An Interview with Filmmakers Georgia Lee, Jane Chen and Mia Riverton". thingsasian.com. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ Shiver, John-Paul (November 15, 1993). "For Georgia, excelling just comes naturally". The Day (137). p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Kalil, Dominique (April 1, 2005). "Georgia Lee '98". Harvardwood. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ Di Meglio, Francesca (October 29, 2009). "MBA Dropouts: Business School, Interrupted". Yahoo. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Georgia". McKinsey & Company. 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
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