Aisling Chin-Yee

Aisling Chin-Yee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, who works primarily in Montreal and Los Angeles. In addition to her work as a producer, Chin-Yee directed the films The Rest of Us, No Ordinary Man (2020) and The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control (2025). In 2026, she was named one of Canada's Most Powerful Women in Entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter.

Early life and education Chin-Yee was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2004, Chin-Yee graduated from Concordia University with a degree in communication studies and a minor in film studies, concentrated in film production, theory, and analysis.

Career In 2006, Chin-Yee started her career as associate producer at the National Film Board of Canada. In 2010, she joined Prospector Films as producer.

Her short film, Sound Asleep (2014), premiered at Lucerne International Film Festival. In 2015, her documentary film, Synesthesia, won best short documentary at the Crossroads Film Festival. she co-created the #AfterMeToo movement in 2017 along with Mia Kirshner and Freya Ravensbergen that consisted of a symposium, a report, and fund in partnership with the Canadian Women's Foundation.

Chin-Yee's directorial debut feature film, The Rest of Us, starring Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse and Jodi Balfour, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She was nominated for best feature film editing by the Canadian Cinema Editors in 2020. In 2020, she co-directed the documentary feature film about Billy Tipton, No Ordinary Man, with Chase Joynt, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2023, she directed three episodes of the CBC Television series, Plan B. She served as executive producer on Plan B'''s second season. In 2021, she was named to DOC NYC and HBO Documentary's annual 40 Under 40 list. No Ordinary Man was named one of TIFF's Top Ten films and selected by The New Yorker'' as one of the Best Movies of 2021. Personal life Chin-Yee was for some time in the 2010s the romantic partner of the late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of arrhythmia on December 25, 2021. They met in 2015 at the Canadian Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts. Filmography YearTitle Writer Director Producer Note 2008 Three Mothers Short film 2012 Sorry, Rabbi Short film 2013 Last Woman Standing Short film 2013 Rhymes for Young Ghouls Feature film 2014 Sound Asleep Short film 2015 The Saver Feature film 2016 Inside These Walls Documentary 2017 Synesthesia Documentary 2017 Lost Generation 9 episodes 2019 The Rest of Us Feature film; also editor 2020 No Ordinary Man Documentary; co-director with Chase Joynt 2023 Plan B (Season 1) 3 episodes 2024 Plan B (Season 2) 6 episodes 2025 The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control Documentary

Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2019 NominatedToronto International Film FestivalBest Canadian FeatureThe Rest of Us 2020 NominatedBest Canadian FeatureNo Ordinary Man WonInside Out Film and Video FestivalBest Canadian Feature WonMontreal International Documentary FestivalBest Feature NominatedPhiladelphia Film FestivalBest Documentary Feature NominatedCanadian Cinema EditorsBest Editing in Feature FilmThe Rest of Us 2021 WonCleveland International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryNo Ordinary Man WonReelout Queer Film FestivalBest Canadian Film WonDirectors Guild of CanadaBest Picture Editing - Documentary NominatedExcellence in Documentary2023 WonOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Mini-SeriesPlan B : Episode 5 2025 WonDoc NYCAudience AwardThe Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control