CURRICULUM VITAE
Sae Yong Lee
Pasadena, CA
EDUCATION
2017-2020 M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012-2017 B.A. Film, Television, and Interactive Media, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Spring 2019 Teaching Assistant, New Genre I, Tony Labat, San Francisco Art Institute
Fall 2019 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Film, Christopher Coppola, San Francisco Art Institute
Fall 2018 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Film, Christopher Coppola, San Francisco Art Institute
Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals to Film Production, Jeff Rosenstock, San Francisco Art Institute
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 Lunar New Year Artist Grant, Ontario Mills, Ontario, CA
2019 George Kuchar Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2019 Jury Special Mention, Film-Ed: International Film Festival, Dubai, UAE
ART EXHIBITIONS
2023 Collective Visions,
Solo Exhibition, Ginkgo Art Gallery, Online Exhibition (Link)
2023 Let the Legend Become,
Group show in “Once Upon a Time,” The Gong Gallery, New Port Beach, CA
2023 禪 Zen,
Group show in “In Another Language,” Ontario Mills, Ontario, CA
2021 Instagram Buddha,
Group show in “Photography: Past & Present,” The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2020 Live Your Life,
Group show in “Tunnels of the Mind,” ZAZ10TS, New York, NY and San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2020 Let's Live Well,
Group show in “Antithetical,” Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2019 Community Noise,
Collaboration with artist collective Liminál, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
FILMOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY
2024 My Sister,
Video, screened as part of “Behind the Unknown,” at The San Jose Stage Company, San Jose, CA on April 2024
2022 Bugs in the Mind,
Short Film, Official Selection, Okotoks International Film Festival, Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, 2022
2020 History of Now,
Anthology of 16 self-portrait films made with film students from Batumi Art University, Batumi, Georgia, and San Francisco Art Institute, screened online via Zoom on May 2020
2019 What’s Burning?
Documentary, Official Selection, Another Hall in the Head Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2019
2019 I Traveled 2 Years to Give It to You,
Short film, screened as part of “Cultural Cannibalism,” at Scully Gray Box, San Francisco, CA on Jun 2019
2018 Searching for Happiness,
Short film, Official Selection, Video Sound Archive S7, 2022 (Link); Official Selection, Carcosa International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2020; Jury Special Mention Award, Film-Ed: International Short Film Festival, Dubai, UAE, 2018
2018 Farewell to Myself,
Short film, screened at Time & Space, New People Cinema, San Francisco, CA on Nov 2018; Official Selection, Carcosa International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2019
2018 Burden of Freedom,
Documentary, screened online at DAMDA website as part of North Korean defectors and human rights activist campaign on July 2018
2017 Things to Be Reminded,
Short film, screened at Off the Grid event in Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA on Nov 2018; Official Selection, Carcosa International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2018
SOUND DESIGN
2021 Sammy & Quinn,
Short film, Official Selection, Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM, 2022
2021 The Nomad Trilogy: Center Divide,
Feature film, Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA, 2021
2020 Midorikawa Ryo,
Commercial advertisement videos, screened during the brand launching event at Gallery Maria Lund, Paris, France on Jan 2020
2019 Macbeth Syndrome,
Feature film, Official Selection, Another Hall in the Head Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2019
CURATORIAL PROJECT
2018 Time and Space: 14 Young Budding Filmmakers Showcase,
New People Cinema, San Francisco, CA
ARTIST TALK
2023 Collective Visions, Ginkgo Art Gallery, Online on Zoom (Link)
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2022-24 Content Operation Technician,
Filmhub, Inc., Remote.
- Developed five YouTube channels through which distributed more than 3,000 films made by 1,000 independent filmmakers.
- Built a detailed process to utilize YouTube's AI-powered video recommendation algorithm which exponentially increased the number of subscribers from 0 to total 300,000.
- Performed action manuals to respond to copyright strikes, audio copyright disputes, and the loss of monetization status on YouTube channels.
2018-19 Technical Trainer,
Film Equipment Office, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
- Built training manuals for film and sound recording equipment, including Bolex 16, Arri Flex 16s, Tobin Time Lapse (TTL) motor, Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K, Canon – EOS 5D Mark II, Sony CCD-TRV138, Zoom H8, and Sound Device 688.
- Demonstrated three-point lighting with ARRI lights for in-class studio shoots.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Audio – Max/MSP, ProTools, sound recording and mixing for film production
Video/Image – Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, digital and 16mm celluloid cinematography, lighting for studio shoots
Software – Microsoft Office
Hardware – road bike maintenance services
LANGUAGES
Korean: speak, read, write
Japanese: speak, read, write