Georgia Lee (director)
# Georgia Lee (director)

Georgia Lee is an American writer and director known for her 2006 film Red Doors. Lee has also written and directed episodes of The Expanse and The 100. She has also developed and serves as the showrunner for the Netflix series Partner Track based on the novel of the same name by Helen Wan.

## Early life and education

Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to immigrants from Taiwan. She was raised primarily in Waterford, Connecticut in the same house featured in her film Red Doors. She has a younger sister, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee.

Lee was ranked first in her senior year at Waterford High School. She attended Harvard University, where she received an A.B. in biochemistry. She took courses toward an MBA but did not complete the program. After graduation, Lee worked for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

## Career

Lee apprenticed on Gangs of New York after its director Martin Scorsese saw Lee's first short film, The Big Dish. Lee's next short film was Educated (2001), which was shown in over 30 festivals around the world.

Lee wrote and directed the feature film Red Doors. It won the Best Narrative Feature Award in the NY, NY Competition at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. It also won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at CineVegas, and the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest.

Lee has served as juror for both the Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.

## Filmography

### As director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 2005 | Red Doors | Also writer and producer |
| 2017 | Capture | |

### As producer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 2018 | The Expanse | 13 episodes; also writer and story editor |
| 2019 | The 100 | 13 episodes; also writer (1 episode) |
| 2022 | Partner Track | creator and executive producer |
