Ling Lee is an award-winning self-shooting Director and Editor whose work focuses on human stories, crossover cultures, and experimental film techniques.
Ling has lived and worked in various countries including Germany, UK, Italy, China and Argentina.
After gaining an MA in Documentary Directing at the National Film & TV School she made films in the UK and abroad.
Ling’s work has been broadcast on Al Jazeera, BBC Scotland, Channel 4, ARTE/ZDF, VPRO, and screened at international film festivals.
She won a number of awards - including the Edinburgh Film Festival Trailblazer Award, and also a One World Media Award.
As Editor, she is best known for ‘DAU. Degeneration’(Dir. Ilya Permyakov and Ilya Krzhanovskiy) and 'The Hermit of Treig' (Dir. Lizzie MacKenzie).
As a Director, she made films in the UK and abroad including ‘Balancing A Dream’ for Al Jazeera and 'The Black Veil’ for BBC Scotland.
Her latest documentary Surviving Translation is about to be released.
http://www.lingleefilms.com