Grace Lee (she/her) is an independent filmmaker who most recently produced and directed two episodes of the Peabody Award-winning ASIAN AMERICANS series as well as AND SHE COULD BE NEXT, POV’s first broadcast series about women of color transforming politics and civic engagement, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Other credits include the Peabody-winning AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS, THE GRACE LEE PROJECT MAKERS: WOMEN IN POLITICS, OFF THE MENU: ASIAN AMERICA and K-TOWN’92, an interactive online project about the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest.
Other credits include the Emmy-nominated MAKERS: WOMEN IN POLITICS and OFF THE MENU: ASIAN AMERICA, both for PBS; JANEANE FROM DES MOINES, set during the 2012 presidential campaign, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival as well as AMERICAN ZOMBIE, a personal horror film, which premiered at Slamdance and SXSW. She is co-founder of the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc), a Directors Guild of America member as well as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She’s also host and executive producer of a podcast investigating systemic inequities at PBS called VIEWERS LIKE US.
