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Aisling Chin-Yee
Chin-Yee in 2021
Born	1982 (age 41–42) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Other names	Ash Chin-Yee
Occupations	Producer director writer
Years active	2008–present

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).

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, concentrating in film production, theory, and analysis.

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.

Personal life

Chin-Yee's was for sometime in the 2010s romantic partner with 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.

Filmography

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

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

• Official website
• AfterMeToo
• Aisling Chin-Yee at IMDb

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Canadian women film directors
• Canadian women film producers
• Canadian women screenwriters
• Canadian documentary film directors
• Canadian documentary film producers
• Film directors from Montreal
• Film directors from Nova Scotia
• Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Writers from Montreal
• Canadian people of Chinese descent
• Canadian people of Irish descent
• Asian-Canadian filmmakers
• Canadian women documentary filmmakers
• Screenwriters from Nova Scotia
• Screenwriters from Quebec