# Aisling Chin-Yee

Aisling Chin-Yee (born 1982) is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, who works primarily in Montreal and Los Angeles. In addition to her work as a producer, Chin-Yee directed the films The Rest of Us (2019) and No Ordinary Man (2020).

## Early life and education

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, concentrating in film production, theory, and analysis.

## Career

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.
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. 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.
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. She was nominated for best feature film editing by the Canadian Cinema Editors in 2020. 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. In 2023, she directed three episodes of the CBC Television series, Plan B.
She is represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) and Elevate Entertainment.

## Personal life

Chin-Yee's was for sometime in the 2010s romantic partner with late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of arrhythmia on December 25, 2021. They met in 2015 at the Canadian Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
| 2008 | Three Mothers | | | Y | Short film |
| 2012 | Sorry, Rabbi | | | Y | Short film |
| 2013 | Last Woman Standing | | | Y | Short film |
| 2013 | Rhymes for Young Ghouls | | | Y | Feature film |
| 2014 | Sound Asleep | Y | Y | Y | Short film |
| 2015 | The Saver | | | Y | Feature film |
| 2016 | Inside These Walls | | | Y | Documentary |
| 2017 | Synesthesia | Y | Y | Y | Documentary |
| 2017 | Lost Generation | | | Y | 9 episodes |
| 2019 | The Rest of Us | | Y | | Feature film; also editor |
| 2020 | No Ordinary Man | Y | Y | | Documentary; co-director with Chase Joynt |
| 2023 | Plan B | | Y | | 3 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 2019 | Nominated | Toronto International Film Festival | Best Canadian Feature | The Rest of Us |
| 2020 | Nominated | Toronto International Film Festival | Best Canadian Feature | No Ordinary Man |
| 2020 | Won | Inside Out Film and Video Festival | Best Canadian Feature | No Ordinary Man |
| 2020 | Won | Montreal International Documentary Festival | Best Feature | No Ordinary Man |
| 2020 | Nominated | Philadelphia Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | No Ordinary Man |
| 2020 | Nominated | Canadian Cinema Editors | Best Editing in Feature Film | The Rest of Us |
| 2021 | Won | Cleveland International Film Festival | Best Documentary | No Ordinary Man |
| 2021 | Won | Reelout Queer Film Festival | Best Canadian Film | No Ordinary Man |
| 2021 | Won | Directors Guild of Canada | Best Picture Editing - Documentary | No Ordinary Man |
| 2021 | Nominated | Directors Guild of Canada | Excellence in Documentary | No Ordinary Man |
| 2023 | Won | Directors Guild of Canada | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Mini-Series | Plan B : Episode 5 |