James Lee

Known for: Directing
Born: December 13, 1973, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Movies: 73

Lee Thim Heng (Chinese: 李添兴) or better known as James Lee is a Malaysian Chinese film director and writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Malaysian Digital Film movement. His film The Beautiful Washing Machine won the Best Asean Feature Award and FIPRESCI Prize at the Bangkok International Film Festival 2005. Besides directing, he had also produced the early films of other Malaysian filmmakers, namely, Amir Muhammad and Ho Yuhang, under his production house, Doghouse73 Pictures.

Upcoming James Lee Movies

Franklin

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.4

Barbarian Invasion

2022

5.1

The Beautiful Washing Machine

2004

5.3

Possessed

2022

5.8

Flower in the Pocket

2007

5.3

KL24: Zombies

2017

4.9

Histeria

2008

7.0

Things We Do When We Fall in Love

2007

6.2

If It's Not Now, Then When?

2012

5.7

Legasi: Bomba the Movie

2025

5.0

Before We Fall in Love Again

2006

Filmography

2022	Barbarian Invasion	Master Loh
2018	The Hit
2017	Overtime
2016	My Girlfriend is a Cannibal
2015	Tuition
2012	Last Supper
2007	Flower in the Pocket	Ah Sui
2001	Ah Beng Returns
2000	Lips to Lips	James

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Legasi: Bomba the Movie	Director, Writer
2025	Next Stop, Somewhere	Director, Writer
2022	Possessed	Director
2022	Rasuk	Director
2020	I'm just a Ghost, but that's OK	Director, Screenplay
2019	See You Next Century	Director, Screenplay
2019	Overtime 2	Director, Screenplay
2019	Two Sisters	Director, Writer
2019	Kill-Fist	Director, Screenplay
2018	The Hit	Director, Screenplay
2018	Last Year in Johor	Director, Screenplay
2017	The Art of Crying	Writer, Director
2017	She Said You Love Me	Director, Writer
2017	Overtime	Director, Screenplay
2017	Love to the End	Director, Screenplay
2017	A Moment of Love	Director, Screenplay
2017	KL24: Zombies	Director, Writer
2017	The Art of Crying	Director
2016	She	Director, Screenplay
2016	Whats Underneath Matters	Director, Screenplay
2016	My Girlfriend is a Cannibal	Director, Screenplay
2015	Café Lumière	Writer, Director
2015	The Incredibly Strange Tale of The Man Who Lost His Love But Bought It Back With A Packet of Duck Rice	Producer
2015	Last Day of School	Director
2015	Tuition	Director, Screenplay
2015	Sunti @Facebook	Director
2015	Date Me Next Time Please	Director, Screenplay
2015	Modern Day Love Stories	Director
2014	The Strange Mechanic	Producer
2014	Passing Lives	Director, Screenplay
2014	The Woman Upstairs	Director, Screenplay
2014	All for Love	Director, Screenplay
2014	Second Life	Director, Screenplay
2014	The Girl from Tomorrow	Director, Writer
2013	Atlantis Conspiracy	Director, Writer
2013	Paper Crane Love	Director
2013	Family Portrait	Director, Screenplay
2012	The Collector	Director, Screenplay, Writer
2012	If It's Not Now, Then When?	Director
2012	Last Supper	Director, Screenplay
2011	Petaling Street Warriors	Director
2011	Claypot Curry Killers	Screenplay, Director
2011	Tolong! Awek Aku Pontianak	Director, Screenplay
2011	Sini Ada Hantu	Director, Screenplay, Writer
2009	Call If You Need Me	Writer, Director
2009	Gerhana	Director, Screenplay
2009	15MALAYSIA	Director
2008	Histeria	Director, Writer
2008	Breathing in Mud	Director
2007	Things We Do When We Fall in Love	Director, Writer
2007	Waiting for Love	Director, Writer, Producer
2007	Wall	Director, Writer
2006	Before We Fall in Love Again	Director, Writer
2005	Bernafas Dalam Lumpur	Director, Screenplay
2005	Sometimes Love is Beautiful	Director, Screenplay
2004	Wall	Director, Screenplay
2004	Visits: Hungry Ghost Anthology	Director
2004	Goodbye to Love	Director, Screenplay
2004	The Beautiful Washing Machine	Director, Writer
2003	Goodbye	Director, Screenplay
2002	Room to Let	Director, Writer
2001	Ah Beng Returns	Director, Writer
2001	Snipers	Director, Screenplay
2001	Beautiful Man	Director, Writer

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