Georgia Lee (director)

Georgia Lee
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1998-present
Known forRed Doors

Georgia Lee (born 1976) is an American writer and director known for her 2006 film Red Doors. Lee has also written and directed episodes of The Expanse and The 100. She has also developed and serves as the showrunner for the Netflix series Partner Track based on the novel of the same name by Helen Wan.

Early life and education

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Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to immigrants from Taiwan. She was raised primarily in Waterford, Connecticut in the same house featured in her film Red Doors.[1] She has a younger sister, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee.

Lee was ranked first in her senior year at Waterford High School.[2] She then attended Harvard University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry.[3] She took courses toward an MBA but did not complete the program.[4] After graduation, Lee worked for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.[5]

Career

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Lee apprenticed on Gangs of New York after its director Martin Scorsese saw Lee's first short film, The Big Dish. 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 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.

Filmography

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As director

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Year Title Notes
2005 Red Doors Also writer and producer
2017 Capture

As producer

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Year Title Notes
2018 The Expanse 13 episodes; also writer and story editor
2019 The 100 13 episodes; also writer (1 episode)
2022 Partner Track creator and executive producer[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heiter, Celeste (August 14, 2006). "The Women Behind Red Doors: An Interview with Filmmakers Georgia Lee, Jane Chen and Mia Riverton". thingsasian.com. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Shiver, John-Paul (November 15, 1993). "For Georgia, excelling just comes naturally". The Day. No. 137. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Kalil, Dominique (April 1, 2005). "Georgia Lee '98". Harvardwood. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Di Meglio, Francesca (October 29, 2009). "MBA Dropouts: Business School, Interrupted". Yahoo. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Georgia". McKinsey & Company. 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (September 14, 2021). "Partner Track Adaptation, Starring Teen Wolf's Arden Cho, Ordered at Netflix". TVLine. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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