Directed credits
37
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
James Lee
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Directed movies: 36Directed series: 1All crew credits: 50
TMDB ID: 168165
IMDb ID: nm0497460
Known for: Directing
Born: December 13, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2025
Years active: 26
Wikidata: Q6137920
Also known as
Lee Thim Heng • 李添兴 • Lee James Thim Heng
Frequent jobs
Director (34)Director of Photography (2)Action Director (1)Screenplay (10)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by James Lee.
5.7
Legasi: Bomba the Movie
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Next Stop, Somewhere
Director
2025 Movie
6.4
Barbarian Invasion
Action Director
2022 Movie
5.3
Possessed
Director
2022 Movie
See You Next Century
Director
2019 Movie
Overtime 2
Director
2019 Movie
3.5
Two Sisters
Director
2019 Movie
3.0
Last Year in Johor
Director
2018 Movie
The Art of Crying
Director
2017 Movie
7.0
Overtime
Director
2017 Movie
5.6
KL24: Zombies
Director
2017 Movie
The Art of Crying
Director
2017 Movie
6.0
Whats Underneath Matters
Director
2016 Movie
8.5
Last Day of School
Director
2015 Movie
Sunti @Facebook
Director
2015 Movie
Modern Day Love Stories
Director
2015 Movie
Paper Crane Love
Director
2013 Movie
6.2
If It's Not Now, Then When?
Director
2012 Movie
5.5
Petaling Street Warriors
Director
2011 Movie
6.7
Claypot Curry Killers
Director
2011 Movie
Tolong! Awek Aku Pontianak
Director
2011 Movie
Sini Ada Hantu
Director
2011 Movie
10.0
Call If You Need Me
Director
2009 Movie
15MALAYSIA
Director
2009 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by James Lee.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with James Lee.
5.3
Possessed
Director
2022 Movie
4.9
Histeria
Director
2008 Movie
Franklin
Director
Movie
5.7
Legasi: Bomba the Movie
Director
2025 Movie
7.0
Overtime
Director
2017 Movie
Tolong! Awek Aku Pontianak
Director
2011 Movie
5.6
KL24: Zombies
Director
2017 Movie
6.0
Next Stop, Somewhere
Director
2025 Movie
6.4
Barbarian Invasion
Action Director
2022 Movie
6.0
Kill-Fist
Screenplay
2019 Movie
6.7
Claypot Curry Killers
Director
2011 Movie
4.6
Love Conquers All
Director of Photography
2006 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with James Lee.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for James Lee.
I'm just a Ghost, but that's OK
Screenplay
2020 Movie
6.0
Kill-Fist
Screenplay
2019 Movie
The Hit
Screenplay
2018 Movie
She Said You Love Me
Writer
2017 Movie
Love to the End
Screenplay
2017 Movie
A Moment of Love
Screenplay
2017 Movie
She
Screenplay
2016 Movie
My Girlfriend is a Cannibal
Screenplay
2016 Movie
1.0
The Incredibly Strange Tale of The Man Who Lost His Love But Bought It Back With A Packet of Duck Rice
Producer
2015 Movie
Tuition
Screenplay
2015 Movie
Date Me Next Time Please
Screenplay
2015 Movie
4.0
Turnover
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
3.0
Gerhana
Screenplay
2009 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for James Lee.
