Helen Lee
b. 1965
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. 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 “ Lee has made a number of acclaimed films, all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her first short film, “ Prior to filmmaking, Lee was a music critic and contributing editor of the Toronto weekly, NOW Magazine. She also worked in film distribution at DEC Films/Full Frame and Women Make Movies. Lee has taught courses at the Ontario College of Art and Design, served on various juries, and presented numerous guest lectures in Canada and the U.S. Her essay, “A Peculiar Sensation: A Personal Genealogy of Korean…
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