Yennie Lee

Builds audiences for documentaries and social impact.

Yennie Lee
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Yennie brings 15 years of experience in philanthropy, global development, and storytelling for social change, having worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IDEO.org, and Participant Media. She has led award-winning campaigns for DARK WATERS (Focus Features), AMERICAN UTOPIA (HBO), FINAL ACCOUNT (Focus Features), FOUND (Netflix), LAST FLIGHT HOME (MTV Documentary Films), THE RIGHT TO READ (Tribeca Films), MAJORITY RULES (Abramorama), and PRIME MINISTER (Magnolia Pictures).

Current campaigns include: SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE (PBS), LEFT BEHIND (Kinema), PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE (Aubin Pictures), and ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT (Joint Venture).

Yennie holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She is a 2025 A-Doc AAPI Futures Impact Producer Fellow and based in Los Angeles.

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