[1] Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales.
He attended Newington College (1962–1964) as a boarder[2] and studied at Sydney University (BA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Kerry Packer's War, published by University of New South Wales Press.
[6] Lee has lectured in screenwriting at the University of Canberra, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
His hour of Bodysurfer won an AFI Award, and he is a four-time AWGIE Award winner: for the documentary Saturday, Saturday; the mini-series Do or Die; the telemovie pilot for The Secret Life of Us; and for an episode of Rush which he co-created and produced the script for.