James Y. Lee

writing samples

samples – full scripts upon request:

  • The Spirit of Renewal, 2025, 122 pages, a full-length play about a Korean-American screenwriter’s quest to write a spin-off to a fantasy film trilogy
The Spirit of Renewal – Work SampleDownload
  • Drowning, by M.V.P., 2025, 80 pages, a full-length play with music about a fictional ‘90s Seattle grunge band’s rise to the mainstream
Drowning, by M.V.P. – Work SampleDownload
  • Impermanence: Three Stories, 2023, 65 pages, an anthological feature-length screenplay centered on grief, using genres from magical realism to speculative sci-fi
Impermanence – Work SampleDownload
  • Epizootics, 2024, 9 pages, a ten-minute play about civilians of a fantastical village randomly transformed into animals
    • full script provided upon request.
  • in progress: On the Frames We Call Home, a full-length play about a Korean-American filmmaker portraying his late father’s history with the 1980 Gwangju Uprising
    • sample provided upon request.