Sherren Lee is a Canadian film and television director based in

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. She is most noted for her 2017 short film '' The Things You Think I'm Thinking''."Feature: Director Sherren Lee’s Give Us a Peek Inside “The Things You Think I’m Thinking”"
''Occhimag'', June 30, 2018. The film won various awards, including the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Short Film at the 2017

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,"Dating and Vulnerability: Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe on The Things You Think I’m Thinking"
''Film International'', April 26, 2018. the Jury Prize for Best International Short Film at the 2018

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, a Special Jury Prize at the 2018

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, and the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2018

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. Lee was born in

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and raised in

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, and was educated at

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and the

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. She has also directed numerous other short films, as well as episodes of the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her feature film debut, ''

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'', went into production in 2021,Liza Sardi
"Lionsgate boards Robbie Amell-led Float"
'' Playback'', October 4, 2021. and was released in 2023.

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