Sook-Yin Lee

Sook-Yin Lee (@sookyinlee) is a filmmaker, musician, actor, visual artist, dance-maker, and radio & TV broadcaster.

She is the creator, host, and co-producer of CBC Radio's acclaimed podcast Sleepover and previously hosted and co-produced the award-winning personal storytelling program DNTO on CBC Radio One. In 2007, Sook-Yin starred in Shortbus , directed by John Cameron Mitchell, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, earning her the Best Supporting Actress award from the International Cinephile Society. In 2014, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in the CBC movie Jack . Year of the Carnivore marked Sook-Yin Lee’s feature debut as a writer-director. Her upcoming movie, Octavio is Dead ! is a supernatural ghost story.