Directed by
Ling Lee
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Runtime
46:54
Category
Director Biography – Ling Lee
Ling Lee is an award-winning Director and Editor whose work focuses on human stories, crossover cultures, and experimental film techniques. She is curious about people and is interested in finding sensitive ways to convey their intimate stories. She brings out the emotional journey of each story by getting to the heart of each individual subject she works with.
Ling’s work has been broadcast on Al Jazeera, BBC Scotland, Channel 4, ARTE/ZDF, VPRO, and screened at international film festivals. She has won a number of awards as Director as well as Editor – including the Edinburgh Film Festival Trailblazer Award (Edge of Dreaming, Dir. Amy Hardie), and also a One World Media Award (Miles Apart, Dir. Ling Lee).
Ling has lived and worked in various countries including Germany, UK, Italy, China and Argentina. After gaining an MA in Documentary Directing at the National Film & TV School she made films in the UK and abroad.
As Editor, she is best known for ‘DAU. Degeneration’ (Dir. Ilya Permyakov and Ilya Krzhanovskiy) and most recently ‘The Hermit of Treig’ (Dir. Lizzie MacKenzie).
As Director, she made films in the UK and abroad including ‘Miles Apart’ and ‘Balancing A Dream’, both of which are stories about individuals struggling with the effects of change in modern China. Her previous film ‘The Black Veil’ explores the challenges being a non-binary person, a commission for BBC Scotland.
Surviving Translation is her latest documentary which explores the trauma and life-altering consequences of mistranslation.