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Director, Writer, Photographer

Alvin Lee is an award-winning writer-director who graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy with a Bachelor’s degree in Film Directing. He was a recipient of the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Media Education Scholarship in Film. His short films have screened and won awards at international film festivals including the Busan International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Pingyao International Film Festival, and the China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival.

His latest short film, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, premiered at the 27th Busan International Film Festival and went on to screen at over 55 major film festivals, winning the Jury Prize at the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival and Best Singapore Short Film at the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival. In 2024, he was selected for the prestigious Talents Tokyo programme to develop his debut feature film.