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'Min Sook Lee is an award winning filmmaker with a diverse and prolific portfolio of multimedia work. 

Min Sook is the co-creator of the comedy series ‘SHE’S THE MAYOR’ which premiered on Vision TV in 2011.  She has produced and directed numerous critically acclaimed documentaries, including: TIGER SPIRIT –  an examination of the division of the two Koreas shot on both sides of the border (Donald Brittain Gemini Award for Best Social/Political Documentary), HOGTOWN – an analysis of the intersection of policing and municipal politics  (Best Feature-length Canadian Documentary award at Hot Docs Festival); and EL CONTRATO – a look at the lives of migrant farm workers in Canada (nominated for the Donald Brittain Gemini ). Her other film titles include: My Toxic Baby (premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival), The Real MASH (Golden Sheaf nomination and Honorable Mention Columbus Awards), Badge of Pride (docu about gay cops), Borderless (short doc/poem about undocumented workers) and Sedition (short doc about spoken word artists)

Min Sook’s films have been broadcast internationally.  Her films have traveled to festivals across the world. 

Min Sook began teaching documentary production in the Documentary Media (MFA) Program at Ryerson University in the Spring of 2012.

Min Sook was awarded the Chesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award by the Canadian Labour Congress and the Cesar E Chavez Foundation in recognition of the work her documentary El Contrato, has done to build solidarity for the rights of migrant workers in Canada.