Georgia Lee
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Georgia Lee is an independent film director. Her work includes the 2006 film Red Doors
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. She was raised primarily in Waterford, CT in the house that is featured in her film Red Doors. She received an A.B. in biochemistry
and (dropped out of http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MBA-Dropouts-Business-School-bizwk-396606068.html?x=0 an M.B.A.http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/what_will_it_be_like_if_i_join/where_mckinsey_can_take_you/where_our_people_go/alumni/Georgia%20Lee.aspx) from Harvard University
. Actress Kathy Shao-Lin Lee is her younger sister. She was an apprentice on principal photography to Martin Scorsese
on Gangs of New York
.
after director Martin Scorsese
saw Lee's first short film, The Big Dish: Tiananmen '89. Lee's next short film was Educated (2001), which was shown in over 30 festivals around the world.
Lee wrote and directed the feature film, Red Doors
. It won the Best Narrative Feature Award in the NY, NY Competition at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival
. It has also won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at CineVegas, and the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest
.
Lee has served as juror for both the Sundance Film Festival
and Tribeca Film Festival
.
Red Doors
Red Doors is a 2005 American film directed by Georgia Lee. The independent film features a Chinese American family.-Plot:Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his...
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Personal life
Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to immigrants from TaiwanTaiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. She was raised primarily in Waterford, CT in the house that is featured in her film Red Doors. She received an A.B. in biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and (dropped out of http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MBA-Dropouts-Business-School-bizwk-396606068.html?x=0 an M.B.A.http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/what_will_it_be_like_if_i_join/where_mckinsey_can_take_you/where_our_people_go/alumni/Georgia%20Lee.aspx) from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. Actress Kathy Shao-Lin Lee is her younger sister. She was an apprentice on principal photography to Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
on Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
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Film
Lee apprenticed on Gangs of New YorkGangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
after director Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
saw Lee's first short film, The Big Dish: Tiananmen '89. Lee's next short film was Educated (2001), which was shown in over 30 festivals around the world.
Lee wrote and directed the feature film, Red Doors
Red Doors
Red Doors is a 2005 American film directed by Georgia Lee. The independent film features a Chinese American family.-Plot:Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his...
. It won the Best Narrative Feature Award in the NY, NY Competition at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
. It has also won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at CineVegas, and the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest
Outfest
Outfest is an LGBT-oriented film showcase and festival in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1982 as the "Gay and Lesbian Media Festival and Conference", the name was changed to Outfest in 1994.-Programs:...
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Lee has served as juror for both the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
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External links
- Filmmakers, official profile