James Lee

December 13, 1973 — Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

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.