Biography

Born in Hong Kong and raised in New York City's Chinatown, Michael Justin Lee is proudly a part of the new wave of Asian-American artists. Major entertainment industry organizations which have accepted him for professional membership include:

• The Producers Guild of America
• The Writers Guild of America
• The Dramatists Guild of America
• The Songwriters Guild of America
• The Country Music Association
• The Gospel Music Association
• The Society of Composers and Lyricists

As a music artist, he is the composer of rock operas. His Concept EPs about Anna May Wong, Joan of Arc, Snow White, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra, Mulan, Peter Pan, and Romeo and Juliet are all streaming on Spotify, iTunes, Pandora and on over 150 other platforms worldwide. He is also the founder of the Country music group, Homeland Hope. Their albums, "Christmas Peace" and "Life is Tough (But I'm a Whole Lot Tougher)" have also been released onto those streaming sites.

As a filmmaker, he works primarily in the genre of "edu-tainment." His most recent movie, released in July of 2022 is a screwball comedy entitled "Mere Oblivion." In 2017, he wrote, produced, and directed modernized interpretations of the Biblical story of "Salomé" and the Euripidean tragedy "Medea." In 2018, he achieved the same for the Sophoclean tragedy "Antigone" and the story of "Joan of Arc." All 5 of his movies are available for purchase on the major Transactional Video-on-Demand platforms, in over 80 countries across six continents.

Previous cinematic works of his have been screened at Court Métrage Festival de Cannes and have been recipient of a Motion Picture Opportunity Fund grant from the Virginia Film Office. His comedic stage play, "Grandmothers," was produced Off-Broadway in 2013, the same year that he was honored at the American Society of Journalists and Authors' Outstanding Book Awards for his first book, "The Chinese Way to Wealth and Prosperity" (McGraw-Hill, 2012).

An alumnus of Brown University and New York University, he has taught at Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, where he was a 3 time winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award and was elected to the University Senate.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Justin Lee