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Aisling Chin-Yee

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Aisling Chin-Yee
Chin-Yee in 2021
Born
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Other nameAsh 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] In 2026, she was named one of Canada's Most Powerful Women in Entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter.[5]


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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

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.[11] She was nominated for best feature film editing by the Canadian Cinema Editors in 2020.[12] 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.[13][14] In 2023, she directed three episodes of the CBC Television series, Plan B.[15] She served as executive producer on Plan B's second season.[16] In 2021, she was named to DOC NYC and HBO Documentary's annual 40 Under 40 list.[17] No Ordinary Man was named one of TIFF's Top Ten films and selected by The New Yorker as one of the Best Movies of 2021.[18][19]

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.[20] They met in 2015 at the Canadian Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts.[21]

Filmography

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Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2008 Three Mothers Green tick Short film
2012 Sorry, Rabbi Green tick Short film
2013 Last Woman Standing Green tick Short film
2013 Rhymes for Young Ghouls Green tick Feature film
2014 Sound Asleep Green tick Green tick Green tick Short film
2015 The Saver Green tick Feature film
2016 Inside These Walls Green tick Documentary
2017 Synesthesia Green tick Green tick Green tick Documentary
2017 Lost Generation Green tick 9 episodes
2019 The Rest of Us Green tick Feature film; also editor
2020 No Ordinary Man Green tick Green tick Documentary; co-director with Chase Joynt
2023 Plan B (Season 1) Green tick 3 episodes
2024 Plan B (Season 2) Green tick 6 episodes
2025 The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control Green tick Green tick Green tick 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 [22]
2020 Nominated Best Canadian Feature No Ordinary Man
Won Inside Out Film and Video Festival Best Canadian Feature [23]
Won Montreal International Documentary Festival Best Feature [24]
Nominated Philadelphia Film Festival Best Documentary Feature [25]
Nominated Canadian Cinema Editors Best Editing in Feature Film The Rest of Us [26]
2021 Won Cleveland International Film Festival Best Documentary No Ordinary Man [27]
Won Reelout Queer Film Festival Best Canadian Film [28]
Won Directors Guild of Canada Best Picture Editing - Documentary [29]
Nominated Excellence in Documentary
2023 Won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Mini-Series Plan B : Episode 5 [30]
2025 Won Doc NYC Audience Award The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control [31]

References

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  1. ↑ "Aisling Chin-Yee on Her Directorial Feature Debut 'The Rest of Us'". variety.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. ↑ "'The Rest Of Us' Director Aisling Chin-Yee Talks About Tackling The Stereotype Of 'The Other Woman' – Toronto Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. ↑ "'The Rest of Us': Film Review - Palm Springs 2020". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  4. ↑ "'No Ordinary Man': Film Review - TIFF 2020". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  5. ↑ "The Most Powerful Women in Canadian Entertainment, 2026". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Aisling Chin-Yee" (PDF). Fluent Films. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sound Asleep". nsi-canada.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  8. ↑ "Aisling Chin-Yee". filmfatales.org. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  9. ↑ "Ottawa teams with #AfterMeToo on sexual harassment initiative". nowtoronto.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  10. ↑ "#AfterMeToo: What Canada is doing to help protect women in the workplace". globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  11. ↑ "The Rest of Us". tiff.net. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  12. ↑ "Nominees for the 10th Annual CCE Awards". cceditors.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  13. ↑ "Catch a rising star: These Montreal artists are poised to start the decade with a splash". montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  14. ↑ "TIFF 2020: No Ordinary Man, MLK/FBI, The Boy from Medellin". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  15. ↑ "CBC's French TV series Plan B keeps its essence in English do-over". theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  16. ↑ "VINESSA ANTOINE, VINCENT LECLERC AND SARAH BOOTH TO STAR IN THE SECOND SEASON OF CBC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES PLAN B FROM KOTV". mediacentre.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  17. ↑ "40 Under 40 – Class of 2021". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  18. ↑ "No Ordinary Man". tiff.net. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  19. ↑ "The Best Movies of 2021". newyorker.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  20. ↑ "Jean-Marc Vallée Cause Of Death Revealed". Deadline Hollywood. April 13, 2022.
  21. ↑ "7 Short Films Celebrating the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Winners". blog.nfb.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  22. ↑ "TIFF 2019 Reveals Full Canadian Lineup, Including 26 New Films and David Foster Tribute". indiewire.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  23. ↑ "Inside Out LGBT Film Festival: 'No Hard Feelings', 'No Ordinary Man' Among Juried Winners". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  24. ↑ "Award winners of the 23rd Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)". filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  25. ↑ "PFS Reveals the 29th Philadelphia Film Festival Lineup!". filmadelphia.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  26. ↑ "Eight CFC Alumni Nominated For 2020 CCE Awards". cfccreates.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  27. ↑ "CIFF45 Streams Award Winners". clevelandfilm.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  28. ↑ "2021 REELOUT FILM FEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED!". reelout.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  29. ↑ "WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 20TH ANNUAL DGC AWARDS". dgc.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  30. ↑ "Winners Announced for 22nd Annual DGC Awards". dgc.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  31. ↑ "DOC NYC: Top Awards Go To 'Imago,' 'Traces Of Home,' 'The Pink Pill'". deadline.com. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
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