Aisling Chin-Yee

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Aisling Chin-Yee (born 1982) is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, who works primarily in Montreal and Los Angeles. In addition to her work as a producer, Chin-Yee directed the films The Rest of Us (2019) and No Ordinary Man (2020).

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Early life and education Chin-Yee was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2004, Chin-Yee graduated from Concordia University with a degree in communication studies and a minor in film studies, concentrated in film production, theory, and analysis.

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Career In 2006, Chin-Yee started her career as associate producer at the National Film Board of Canada. In 2010, she joined Prospector Films as producer.

Her short film, Sound Asleep (2014), premiered at Lucerne International Film Festival. In 2015, her documentary film, Synesthesia, won best short documentary at the Crossroads Film Festival. she co-created the #AfterMeToo movement in 2017 along with Mia Kirshner and Freya Ravensbergen that consisted of a symposium, a report, and fund in partnership with the Canadian Women's Foundation.

Chin-Yee's directorial debut feature film, The Rest of Us, starring Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse and Jodi Balfour, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She was nominated for best feature film editing by the Canadian Cinema Editors in 2020. In 2020, she co-directed the documentary feature film about Billy Tipton, No Ordinary Man, with Chase Joynt, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2023, she directed three episodes of the CBC Television series, Plan B.

She is represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) and Elevate Entertainment.

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Personal life Chin-Yee was for some time in the 2010s the romantic partner of the late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of arrhythmia on December 25, 2021. They met in 2015 at the Canadian Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts.

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Filmography

2008	Three Mothers				Short film
2012	Sorry, Rabbi				Short film
2013	Last Woman Standing				Short film
2013	Rhymes for Young Ghouls				Feature film
2014	Sound Asleep				Short film
2015	The Saver				Feature film
2016	Inside These Walls				Documentary
2017	Synesthesia				Documentary
2017	Lost Generation				9 episodes
2019	The Rest of Us				Feature film; also editor
2020	No Ordinary Man				Documentary; co-director with Chase Joynt
2023	Plan B				3 episodes

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Awards and nominations

2019	Nominated	Toronto International Film Festival	Best Canadian Feature	The Rest of Us
2020	Nominated		Best Canadian Feature	No Ordinary Man
	Won	Inside Out Film and Video Festival	Best Canadian Feature
	Won	Montreal International Documentary Festival	Best Feature
	Nominated	Philadelphia Film Festival	Best Documentary Feature
	Nominated	Canadian Cinema Editors	Best Editing in Feature Film	The Rest of Us
2021	Won	Cleveland International Film Festival	Best Documentary	No Ordinary Man
	Won	Reelout Queer Film Festival	Best Canadian Film
	Won	Directors Guild of Canada	Best Picture Editing - Documentary
	Nominated		Excellence in Documentary
2023	Won		Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Mini-Series	Plan B : Episode 5

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External links

• AfterMeToo

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