Aisling Chin-Yee

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Aisling Chin-Yee
File:Aisling Chin-Yee.jpg
Chin-Yee in 2021
Born
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Other namesAsh Chin-Yee
Occupations
  • Producer
  • director
  • writer
Years active2008–present

Aisling Chin-Yee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, who works primarily in Montreal and Los Angeles.[1][2] In addition to her work as a producer, Chin-Yee directed the films The Rest of Us (2019), No Ordinary Man (2020) and The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control (2025).[3][4]

Early life and education

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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, concentrated in film production, theory, and analysis.[5]

Career

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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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

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.[10] She was nominated for best feature film editing by the Canadian Cinema Editors in 2020.[11] 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.[12][13] In 2023, she directed three episodes of the CBC Television series, Plan B.[14]

Personal life

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Chin-Yee was for some time in the 2010s the romantic partner of the late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of arrhythmia on December 25, 2021.[15] They met in 2015 at the Canadian Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts.[16]

Filmography

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Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2008 Three Mothers Green tickY Short film
2012 Sorry, Rabbi Green tickY Short film
2013 Last Woman Standing Green tickY Short film
2013 Rhymes for Young Ghouls Green tickY Feature film
2014 Sound Asleep Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short film
2015 The Saver Green tickY Feature film
2016 Inside These Walls Green tickY Documentary
2017 Synesthesia Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Documentary
2017 Lost Generation Green tickY 9 episodes
2019 The Rest of Us Green tickY Feature film; also editor
2020 No Ordinary Man Green tickY Green tickY Documentary; co-director with Chase Joynt
2023 Plan B (Season 1) Green tickY 3 episodes
2024 Plan B (Season 2) Green tickY 6 episodes
2025 The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Documentary

Awards and nominations

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Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2019 Nominated Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian Feature The Rest of Us [17]
2020 Nominated Best Canadian Feature No Ordinary Man
Won Inside Out Film and Video Festival Best Canadian Feature [18]
Won Montreal International Documentary Festival Best Feature [19]
Nominated Philadelphia Film Festival Best Documentary Feature [20]
Nominated Canadian Cinema Editors Best Editing in Feature Film The Rest of Us [21]
2021 Won Cleveland International Film Festival Best Documentary No Ordinary Man [22]
Won Reelout Queer Film Festival Best Canadian Film [23]
Won Directors Guild of Canada Best Picture Editing - Documentary [24]
Nominated Excellence in Documentary
2023 Won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Mini-Series Plan B : Episode 5 [25]
2025 Won Doc NYC Audience Award The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control [26]

References

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