Toy Lei

Toy Lei

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Biography

Toy Lei is a multi-talented director, actor, fight choreographer and swordswoman. As a director, Lei has worked with Emmy award-winning cast and crew, and has won multiple Film, Best Actress, Best Action, Best Stunts awards across the breadth of her projects, and she has screened at prestigious festivals such as Etheria and San Diego Comic-con. She uniquely blends her knowledge of camera, martial arts and fight choreography to create in-depth holistic action films, rich with story. Because of this, In 2019 her feature-length script of BOXER was a semifinalist at the iconic Austin Film Fest. In addition, in 2019, she attended the NYWIFT FS2P directing program in New York, and now, just finished her film MOON which was shot as part of the Women in Media CAMERAderie production lab. Lei is a proud mom to her puffy white dog, Wilfred.

Career

2017
Magnum Opus
Magnum Opus as Officer Guo
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The Lovely Rejects
The Lovely Rejects as Dr. Cho
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2015
Boxer
Boxer as Boxer
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2014
Stand Down Soldier
Stand Down Soldier as Mei-mei / Ling-ling
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2023
Moon
Moon as Director, Writer
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