kayleb LEE
Artist. Filmmaker. USMC Combat Veteran.
Kayleb Lee is of Southeast Asian descent, an American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. His works focuses on creativity, identity, and philosophy.
WARSOL (2021) Festival Circuit
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A combat veteran faces his traumas while attempting to reconcile the relationship with his father, a former child soldier of the Vietnam War, through therapy and family.
KNOCK KNOCK (2021)
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Who's there?
LE COUP (2020)
DIRECTOR / WRITER / EDITOR
A young couple goes through a relationship.
FESTIVALS: Detroit Black Film Festival, Genre Celebration Film Festival, Romance Film Festival, Couch Film Festival, and more.
PAPAYA (2019)
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The film follows the life of papaya and takes a glimpse at a family beyond Southeast Asian diaspora.
FESTIVALS: Asia Cinematography Awards, Seattle AAFF, LAAFF, PAAFF, Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Boston AAFF, Indie Short Fest, and more.
FIFTY & FIVE (2019)
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A project filmed with LACMA'S "Veterans Make Movies" program.
Veterans struggle with their identity as an American.
ANNA SEARCHING (2019)
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Documentary. 16-year olds Anna traveled from Switzerland to America to pursue her dreams and in the process of searching for herself.
A THEORY IN SEPIA (2022) Festival Circuit
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A first date is examined through an Asian and American lens sampling larger themes of love within culture, community, and the self.
