Quentin Lee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Quentin Lee (b. 1971, Hong Kong) is a film writer and director. He is most notable for Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993). Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films. Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada, when he was 16. He attended UC Berkeley, Yale University and UCLA 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. Lee's first foray into documentary film, 0506HK (2007), premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre 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 was published by Fresh Fear, an imprint of Margin Films ...

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White Frog (2012)

Story of a neglected teen with mild Asperger’s syndrome whose life is changed forever when tragedy hits his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kelly Hu  •  Booboo Stewart  •  Gregg Sulkin  •  Talulah Riley

Story of a neglected teen with mild Asperger’s syndrome whose life is changed forever when tragedy hits his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kelly Hu  •  Booboo Stewart  •  Gregg Sulkin  •  Talulah Riley

0506HK (2007)

Quentin Lee returns to Hong Kong, where he was born and raised. As he explores his desire to move back there from Los Angeles, he interviews local artists, filmmakers, friends, and family about why they are in Hong Kong and why they choose to be there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kam Kwok-Leung  •  Peter Chan  •  Teddy Chan  •  Raman Hui

Quentin Lee returns to Hong Kong, where he was born and raised. As he explores his desire to move back there from Los Angeles, he interviews local artists, filmmakers, friends, and family about why they are in Hong Kong and why they choose to be there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kam Kwok-Leung  •  Peter Chan  •  Teddy Chan  •  Raman Hui

Little Love (2010)

Little Love is a ten minute short that explores the complications of friendship and relationships. Set in contemporary Los Angeles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Travis Oakden  •  Michael Massei  •  Alfredo Maduro  •  Derek Efrain Villanueva

Little Love is a ten minute short that explores the complications of friendship and relationships. Set in contemporary Los Angeles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Travis Oakden  •  Michael Massei  •  Alfredo Maduro  •  Derek Efrain Villanueva

The People I've Slept With (2009)

The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Chris Zylka  •  Wilson Cruz  •  Cathy Shim  •  Karin Anna Cheung

The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Chris Zylka  •  Wilson Cruz  •  Cathy Shim  •  Karin Anna Cheung

Shopping for Fangs (1997)

A married woman, who's been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep down really are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Lin  •  Quentin Lee
CAST:  John Cho  •  Jeanne Chinn  •  Radmar Agana Jao  •  Clint Jung

A married woman, who's been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep down really are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Lin  •  Quentin Lee
CAST:  John Cho  •  Jeanne Chinn  •  Radmar Agana Jao  •  Clint Jung

Drift (2000)

Man in relationship connects with another man and tries to make love-triangle work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Reggie Lee  •  Andy Steinlen  •  Jonathon Roessler  •  Desi del Valle

Man in relationship connects with another man and tries to make love-triangle work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Reggie Lee  •  Andy Steinlen  •  Jonathon Roessler  •  Desi del Valle

Flow (1996)

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Tedd Szeto  •  Lela Lee  •  Ray Chang  •  Paulino Tamayo

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Tedd Szeto  •  Lela Lee  •  Ray Chang  •  Paulino Tamayo

Ethan Mao (2004)

Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Jun Hee Lee  •  Raymond Ma  •  Julia Nickson  •  Kevin Kleinberg

Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Jun Hee Lee  •  Raymond Ma  •  Julia Nickson  •  Kevin Kleinberg

The Unbidden (2016)

The Unbidden is a thriller about four women confronted by a mysterious young man who knows a dark secret from their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Tamlyn Tomita  •  Julia Nickson  •  Michelle Krusiec  •  Hayden Szeto

The Unbidden is a thriller about four women confronted by a mysterious young man who knows a dark secret from their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Tamlyn Tomita  •  Julia Nickson  •  Michelle Krusiec  •  Hayden Szeto

Operation Marriage (2014)

Two young siblings try to get their lesbian moms married before Proposition 8 passes in California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Mindy Cohn

Two young siblings try to get their lesbian moms married before Proposition 8 passes in California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Mindy Cohn

Gay Hollywood Dad (2018)

Gay Hollywood Dad chronicles the first six months of single gay dad Quentin Lee juggling between raising his newborn baby by himself and making his means as an acclaimed independent filmmaker in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Frank Howley
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Gay Hollywood Dad chronicles the first six months of single gay dad Quentin Lee juggling between raising his newborn baby by himself and making his means as an acclaimed independent filmmaker in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Frank Howley
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Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (1992)

Director Quentin Lee shoots a pseudo-documentary about himself, his family, friends, and his lover, in an experimental pastiche of genres. As if in retaliation to the stern image, each sequence is ruptured by self-conscious meditations on the construction of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Quentin Lee

Director Quentin Lee shoots a pseudo-documentary about himself, his family, friends, and his lover, in an experimental pastiche of genres. As if in retaliation to the stern image, each sequence is ruptured by self-conscious meditations on the construction of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Quentin Lee

Secrets & Toys (2014)

A sexy, delightful short film about a mother & daughter who discover each other's secrets through a comedy of errors, and learn to accept themselves and each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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A sexy, delightful short film about a mother & daughter who discover each other's secrets through a comedy of errors, and learn to accept themselves and each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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Fall 1990 (1999)

Freshman Year brings a romance between two very different young men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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Freshman Year brings a romance between two very different young men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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Today Has Been Weird (2011)

An unexpected day in the live of a vlogger from Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Harrison Xu  •  Reid Anderson  •  Quynh Mi  •  Marie Lopes

An unexpected day in the live of a vlogger from Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Harrison Xu  •  Reid Anderson  •  Quynh Mi  •  Marie Lopes

Brash Boys Club (2020)

Brash Boys Club, one-night of stand-up, gay comedy featuring three diverse comedians each doing a half-hour set.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Bridget McManus  •  Owen Alabado  •  Brad Loekle  •  Dash Kwiatkowski

Brash Boys Club, one-night of stand-up, gay comedy featuring three diverse comedians each doing a half-hour set.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Bridget McManus  •  Owen Alabado  •  Brad Loekle  •  Dash Kwiatkowski

Comisery (2020)

An apocalyptic science fiction comedy told entirely through webchat sessions about a group of Asian-American friends living through an invasion by an alien virus now.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Adisakdi Tantimedh
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An apocalyptic science fiction comedy told entirely through webchat sessions about a group of Asian-American friends living through an invasion by an alien virus now.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Adisakdi Tantimedh
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To Ride a Cow (1992)

A playful narrative that explores a queer menage-a-trois between a gay Chinese boy, a bisexual half-white-half-Asian boy, and a straight Korean girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Deeya Loram
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A playful narrative that explores a queer menage-a-trois between a gay Chinese boy, a bisexual half-white-half-Asian boy, and a straight Korean girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee  •  Deeya Loram
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Kim McVicar: Please Notice Me (2020)

Comedian and former backup dancer Kim McVicar riffs about crawling for rappers, pranking her brother in prison, and getting hit on at her estranged father's funeral. And that's not all - this comedy special has something no one else has - dance breaks!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kim McVicar

Comedian and former backup dancer Kim McVicar riffs about crawling for rappers, pranking her brother in prison, and getting hit on at her estranged father's funeral. And that's not all - this comedy special has something no one else has - dance breaks!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
CAST:  Kim McVicar

Hysterio Passio (1994)

A hyper-short flick about two gay Asian men and a phantasmatic vagina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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A hyper-short flick about two gay Asian men and a phantasmatic vagina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Lee
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