Cinemasianamerica

Publication Date: (May 5, 2026)

ASIN: B016COE5TY (Amazon Kindle)

Print ISBN: 1988416493

Synopsis

Cinemasianamerica is a book by Quentin Lee that chronicles 30 years of their independent filmmaking career in film and television. Drawn from Lee’s personal collection of photographs and reflections, it offers a comprehensive account of all the films and TV projects they have created to date. It’s a full color art book featuring images of celebrities such as John Cho, Tamlyn Tomita, Amy Hill, Michelle Krusiec, Karin Anna Cheung, Wilson Cruz, James Shigeta and more!

“Gorgeous, subversive and powerful. These images by one of our most uncompromising independent filmmakers capture the range and complexity of Asian American life today. Sometimes gritty, sometimes romantic, often sexy, the cinema of Quentin Lee finds a deeper beauty in our stories and our faces.” David Henry Hwang, Tony-winning author of M. Butterfly.

About The Author

Quentin Lee is the Winner of the 2020 Roddenberry Foundation Impact Awards for TV creators, a member of the Producers Guild of America, Canadian Media Producers Association and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Directors and Producers Peer Group), Quentin Lee is a multimedia creator and has directed and produced over ten feature films and three TV series. His first feature Shopping For Fangs premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and became a cult classic as part of the Asian American New Wave Class of 1997.

As a creator, he is currently developing Rez Comedy, the first Canadian Indigenous stand-up comedy TV series for APTN (Aboriginal Peoples TV Network) and Canada Media Fund with a principal photography date of
January 2024.

His latest feature THE LAST SUMMER OF NATHAN LEE, explores the story of a Chinese American teenager who upon receiving a devastating diagnosis, chooses to embrace life with an unbridled passion.

Listen to Quentin’s Artsy Raven podcast interview where he is interviewed about THE LAST SUMMER OF NATHAN LEE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xwOUWWm4YOVBHG2p2r2t7

Margin Film’s official Cinemasianamerica book page and trailer: https://marginfilms.com/cinemasianamerica/

Variety press break: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/quentin-lee-margin-films-30-years-la-screening-series-1236720124/

Los Angeles Blade press break: https://www.losangelesblade.com/2026/04/30/the-strange-surreal-and-sensual-underground-cinema-of-quentin-lee/

Moveable Fest press break: https://moveablefest.com/quentin-lee-cinemasianmerica/

CHOPSO press break: https://www.chopso.org/margin-films-30th-feast-of-collaborators/