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Helen Lee is an independent filmmaker based in Toronto and Seoul. She emigrated from Korea, where she was born, at age four with her family to Canada. | Helen Lee is an independent filmmaker based in Toronto and Seoul. | ||
Lee studied English Literature and Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto, where she was awarded the Norman Jewison Fellowship for further studies in film. She received her Master’s Degree in Cinema Studies at New York University and attended the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program in Critical and Curatorial Studies as a Helena Rubinstein Fellow. Through the Academy of Canadian Film and TV’s Director Observer Program, Lee served a directing internship with Atom Egoyan during the making of "Exotica." She completed her film training at the Canadian Film Centre as Director Resident. | |||
==Biography== | |||
She emigrated from Korea, where she was born, at age four with her family to Canada. Lee studied English Literature and Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto, where she was awarded the Norman Jewison Fellowship for further studies in film. She received her Master’s Degree in Cinema Studies at New York University and attended the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program in Critical and Curatorial Studies as a Helena Rubinstein Fellow. Through the Academy of Canadian Film and TV’s Director Observer Program, Lee served a directing internship with Atom Egoyan during the making of "Exotica." She completed her film training at the Canadian Film Centre as Director Resident. | |||
==Career== | |||
Lee has made a number of acclaimed films, all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her first short film, "Sally’s Beauty Spot" (1990) received an Award of Excellence at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and is screened widely in Asian American cinema classes. "My Niagara" (1992) was awarded a Special Jury Citation for Best Short Film at TIFF. Her CFC thesis film,"Prey" (1995) was an official selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. "Subrosa" (2000) received a Director’s Citation Award from the Black Maria Film Festival. Lee’s debut feature, "The Art of Woo" (2001) was released by Odeon Films/Alliance Atlantis domestically and invited to numerous festivals worldwide. | Lee has made a number of acclaimed films, all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her first short film, "Sally’s Beauty Spot" (1990) received an Award of Excellence at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and is screened widely in Asian American cinema classes. "My Niagara" (1992) was awarded a Special Jury Citation for Best Short Film at TIFF. Her CFC thesis film,"Prey" (1995) was an official selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. "Subrosa" (2000) received a Director’s Citation Award from the Black Maria Film Festival. Lee’s debut feature, "The Art of Woo" (2001) was released by Odeon Films/Alliance Atlantis domestically and invited to numerous festivals worldwide. | ||