Alexander Sebastien Lee is an American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Lee was exposed from an early age to the films of Akira Kurosawa, Zhang Yimou, and Claude Berri.
[4][5] Lee's experience forged an idea to film a documentary that demystifies the modern day Shaolin Temple.
Lee's feature debut, entitled The Real Shaolin, had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
[6] The Real Shaolin won the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2009 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival