Chris Lee, a motion picture and television producer, was the first Asian American to run production at a Hollywood studio as the President of Production at TriStar Pictures and Columbia Pictures.

As an executive at TriStar, Mr. Lee oversaw such Academy Award-winning films as "Jerry Maguire", "Philadelphia" and "As Good As It Gets". He also worked on numerous other hits such as "My Best Friends Wedding", "Legends of the Fall", "The Fisher King", "The Mask of Zorro", "Godzilla", "Starship Troopers" and "The Patriot" and executive produced "Valkyrie" for United Artists starring Tom Cruise, as well as Warner Brothers’ "Superman
Returns".

At Columbia Pictures, he produced "S.W.A.T.", the groundbreaking CGI feature "Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within" and Warner Brothers’ "Ballistic". He also produced the independent feature "White Frog" and "How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)", Thailand’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.

In China, Mr. Lee produced and edited "One Foot Off the Ground" and is executive producer of the upcoming "Unspoken" from Huanxi and CMC. In addition, he was the Executive Producer of Justin Chonʻs "Jamojaya" which premiered at Sundance, and is Consulting Producer for "Doogie Kamealoha M.D." on Disney+.