Stacey Lee is a documentary film director from New Zealand. [1]
Lee began her career in advertising, working for Saatchi & Saatchi in New Zealand from 2002 to 2007, then for advertising agencies 180 Amsterdam and Mother New York. [2] [3] In 2006, she was ranked 9th equal in the world at the YoungGuns International Awards. [4] While working with athletes in Amsterdam for an Adidas campaign, she moved into film-making. Her films have appeared at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]
Year | Film | Role | Awards/nominations | Notes |
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2010 | One Fire Ignites Another | Director | [3] | |
2015 | Live Fast, Draw Yung | Co-director (with Anthony Mathile) and producer | Winner, Best Documentary Short – 2015 Tacoma Film Festival | [6] [7] |
2019 | Underplayed | Director | [8] | |
2022 | OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u | Director | Winner, Best Music Documentary - 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards | [9] |
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