Born and raised in California, Taylor Sanghyun Lee is an NYC-based filmmaker whose work spans writing, directing, and cinematography. Before turning to film, he worked as an IT technician, summer camp counselor, and software engineer. He is a recipient of the Sundance Ignite Fellowship, TIFF & CJ K-Story Fund, and the Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellowship.

He earned his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film, where he was awarded the Ang Lee Scholarship. His short film LAYOVER, starring Young Mazino, is streaming as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and his upcoming short PARKSIDE EAST is the recipient of the Spike Lee Production Grant.

As a cinematographer, he has shot dozens of short films that have screened at festivals worldwide and recently wrapped principal photography on NURTURE, the debut feature from the Stark Brothers. He is the recipient of the 2025 Volker Bahnemann Award for Outstanding Cinematography, presented by ARRI.

He is currently in development for his directorial debut feature, ROUNDS.


NYU - M.F.A. Directing, ‘25
UCLA - B.A. Linguistics & Computer Science, ‘20

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