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11 Facts About Quentin Lee

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Quentin Lee is a Hong Kong-born Canadian-American film writer, director, and producer.

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Quentin Lee is most notable for the television series Comedy InvAsian and feature films The People I've Slept With, Ethan Mao, and Shopping for Fangs, which he co-directed with Justin Lin.

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Quentin Lee studied English at UC Berkeley and went on to receive an MA in English from Yale University in 1993.

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Quentin Lee originally went on to attend USC School of Cinematic Arts but transferred after getting off the UCLA waitlist.

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Quentin Lee later moved into theatrical film distribution, starting with the film Bugis Street.

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Films that Quentin Lee produced that he did not direct include the feature film Chink starring Jason Tobin, Eugenia Yuan and Tzi Ma, directed by Stanley Yung and written by Koji Steven Sakai, who wrote his previous film, The People I've Slept With.

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Quentin Lee was a producer on Ringo Le's feature film, Big Gay Love.

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Quentin Lee has served as a producer on the short documentary, Taky Kimura: The Dragon's Legacy, directed by Mellissa Tong.

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In 2022, Quentin Lee created the stand-up comedy series Comedy Invasion, highlighting comedians from diverse backgrounds including people of colour, people with disabilities and LGBTQ comedians.

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Quentin Lee has published a novel, entitled Dress Like a Boy in 2000.

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Quentin Lee's novel, The Secret Diary of Edward Ng, is a gay coming of age story partly inspired by his time at Berkeley.