Quentin Lee is the Winner of the 2020 Roddenberry Foundation Impact Awards for TV creators, a member of the Producers Guild of America, Canadian Media Producers Association and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Directors and Producers Peer Group), Quentin Lee is a multimedia creator and has directed and produced over ten feature films and three TV series. His first feature Shopping For Fangs premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and became a cult classic as part of the Asian American New Wave Class of 1997.

As a creator, he is currently developing Rez Comedy, the first Canadian Indigenous stand-up comedy TV series for APTN (Aboriginal Peoples TV Network) and Canada Media Fund with a principal photography date of January 2024.

His latest feature THE LAST SUMMER OF NATHAN LEE, explores the story of a Chinese American teenager who upon receiving a devastating diagnosis, chooses to embrace life with an unbridled passion.

On The Artsy Raven we discuss what happened on his journey on finding his way to UCLA to study film, how he made his first film and the inspiration behind The Last Summer of Nathan Lee.

Quentin Lee links:

THE LAST SUMMER OF NATHAN LEE movie page You can watch the trailer here and find the press release here for more info. The film will be released on Amazon Prime in November 2023.

Mystery Brothers | Book by Quentin Lee | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster (simonandschuster.com)

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