Quentin Lee

Biography

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 cu…

Directed

1. Flow (1996) — Director
2. White Frog (2013) — Director
3. The People I've Slept With (2009) — Director
4. Drift (2000) — Director
5. Ethan Mao (2004) — Director
6. Shopping for Fangs (1997) — Director
7. The Unbidden (2016) — Director
8. Little Love (2010) — Director
9. Gay Hollywood Dad (2018) — Director
10. To Ride a Cow (1992) — Director
11. Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (1992) — Director
12. Fall 1990 (1994) — Director
13. Last Summer of Nathan Lee (2023) — Director
14. Secrets & Toys (2014) — Director
15. 0506HK (2007) — Director
16. Kim McVicar: Please Notice Me (2020) — Director
17. Laugh Proud (2024) — Director
18. Hysterio Passio (1994) — Director
19. Operation Marriage (2014) — Director
20. Today Has Been Weird (2011) — Director
21. Comisery (2020) — Director
22. Brash Boys Club (2020) — Director
23. Rez Comedy (2024) — Director
24. The Unlucky — Director
25. Destiny Jackson — Director
26. The Way You Dance — Director

Also appeared in

1. Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) — Bruce Lee Extra
2. Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (1992) — Himself
3. To Ride a Cow (1992) — the fag
4. Acting in the Closet (2021)
5. 24 Hours: The Japanese Surrender (2025) — General Anami