Sherren Lee

{{Short description|Canadian director}} [[File:Sherren_Lee_at_the_2015_CFC_Annual_BBQ_Fundraiser_(21419918595)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Sherren Lee at the CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser 2015]] '''Sherren Lee''' is a Canadian film and television director based in Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted for her 2017 short film ''The Things You Think I'm Thinking''.<ref name=occhi>[https://occhimagazine.com/interview-with-sherren-lee-occhi-magazine/ "Feature: Director Sherren Lee’s Give Us a Peek Inside “The Things You Think I’m Thinking”"]. ''Occhimag'', June 30, 2018.</ref>

The film won various awards, including the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Short Film at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival,<ref name=filmint>[http://filmint.nu/?p=24266 "Dating and Vulnerability: Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe on The Things You Think I’m Thinking"]. ''Film International'', April 26, 2018.</ref> the Jury Prize for Best International Short Film at the 2018 Outfest,<ref>[https://www.advocate.com/film/2018/7/23/and-winners-outfest-2018-are "And the Winners of Outfest 2018 Are..."]. ''The Advocate'', July 23, 2018.</ref> a Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Canadian Film Festival,<ref name=filmint/> and the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.<ref name=occhi/>

Lee was born in Taiwan and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at McGill University and the Canadian Film Centre.<ref>[https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2018/08/interview-with-director-sherren-lee/ "Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee"]. ''Ricepaper'', August 15, 2018.</ref> She has also directed numerous other short films, as well as episodes of the television series ''Odd Squad'', ''Dino Dana'', ''Coroner'', ''Hudson & Rex'', ''Murdoch Mysteries'', ''Endlings'', ''Kim's Convenience'' and ''Run the Burbs''.

Her feature film debut, ''Float'', went into production in 2021,<ref>Liza Sardi, [https://playbackonline.ca/2021/10/04/lionsgate-boards-robbie-amell-led-float/ "Lionsgate boards Robbie Amell-led Float"]. ''Playback'', October 4, 2021.</ref> and was released in 2023.

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