Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien is a Chinese-Irish-Australian Writer and Director who likes to approach comedy like its drama, and drama like its comedy. The result is irreverent and playful, and will get you in the feels when you least expect it. Aimée-Lee elevates reality through richly detailed production design, bringing a lavish visual style to all her work.

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In 2024, Aimée-Lee wrote and directed Pleasant Avenue (5 x 6 mins), financed by Screen Australia and Screen NSW, and starring an ensemble cast including Heather Mitchell, Ursula Yovich and John Batchelor. Pleasant Avenue saw Aimée-Lee nominated for an ADG Award for Best Directing Online Shortform, and the series was selected for both Sydney and Melbourne WebFest.

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In 2025, Aimée-Lee  directed and co-wrote her second online series financed through Screen Australia and Screen Queensland,  an ensemble comedy  titled Not Russian Anywhere (8 x 3 mins).

 

Commercially, Aimée-Lee is signed with Rabbit in Australia, and Rattling Stick in the UK, and has directed TVCs for clients including Volkswagen, MLA, Uber Eats, CommBank, PayPal.  In 2025 she was invited to be a judge at the D&AD Awards in London.

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Aimée-Lee's short film, Jump, won Best Short Film at the Academy Award-accredited Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013 and Provincetown International Film Festival 2013. The film went on to play at 25 international film festivals and was licensed by Tribeca Film Festival for airlines. Her follow up short, The Palace That I Live In (written by Lâle Teoman) had its world premiere at Palm Springs International Short Fest, 2014.

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Aimée-Lee has had the benefit of two directing attachments. The first with drama heavy-hitter Kim Farrant, on the 2014 feature film Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Joseph Fiennes. The second was in 2024 when she shadowed Trent O'Donnell on Colin From Accounts season two, and honed her comedy chops.

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AU/UK/IRE passports

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Commercials AU                   Commercials UK

Alex Hay - EP Rabbit               Stuart Bentham - Managing Director

alex@rabbit.au                         stuart@rattlingstick.com

 

Direct aimee-lee@rabbit.au

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