AMANDA WING YEE LEE
Costume Design | Styling
About
Born and raised in Hong Kong and England, award-winning Amanda Lee is a costume designer and stylist based in Los Angeles. She works across media, in film, tv, commercial, dance, video games and live performance. Lee is fascinated by the complexity of human behavior, and designs costumes to explore humanity’s deep, dark and often subconscious motivations.
Lee is proud to have styled The Asian American Foundation’s ASIAN + AMERICAN anti-AAPI PSA that launched in 2025. The national campaign is comprised of portraits and a short film - displayed on the Time Square billboards in New York City - were photographed by Jingyu Lin, directed by Oscar nominee Sean Wang and narrated by award-winning actor and producer Sandra Oh.
Lee’s other costume designs have been shown live at The Getty Villa, REDCAT, The 14th Factory, Tongva Park, Human Resources, and more.
Recent film credits include Briarcliff’s Sovereign (Independent Spirit Award nominee) starring Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay and Dennis Quaid; Ley Line Entertainment’s All That We Love (Tribeca 2024) starring Margaret Cho, Kenneth Choi and Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Magnolia’s Thelma (Critics Choice Award nominee, Independent Spirit Award nominee) starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Fred Hechinger, Clark Gregg and Parker Posey; Neon’s Pleasure (Cannes Official Selection, Sundance Grand Jury nominee, Spirit Awards nominee, Deauville Jury Prize winner); Roadside Attractions’ Emily the Criminal (Independent Spirit Award winner) starring and produced by Aubrey Plaza; Annapurna Interactive’s Telling Lies (BAFTA nominee, The Webby Award winner) starring Alexandra Shipp; How Does It Start (Sundance Short Film Grand Jury nominee, Champs-Élysées Prix du Jury nominee) directed by Amber Sealey; and The Price (SXSW Grand Jury nominee) starring Aml Ameen.
Lee is honored to have been awarded by the 2022 Swedish Guldbagge Awards for Best Costume Design for her work in Pleasure.