Background
Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales.
Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales.
He attended Newington College (1962-1964) as a boarder and studied at Sydney University (Bachelor) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Lee has lectured in screenwriting at the University of Canberra, the National Institute of Dramatic Art and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
His hour of Bodysurfer won an American Film Institute Award and he is a four-time AWGIE Award winner: for the documentary Saturday, Saturday. The mini-series Do or Die. The telemovie pilot for The Secret Life of United States And for an episode of Rush which he co-created and script produced. Lee was awarded the Centenary Medal for his contribution to Australian television and won a Queensland Premier’s Literary Award in 2011.