Aisling Chin-Yee is an award-winning producer, writer, and director based in Montreal, Canada. She co-created in 2017, #AfterMeToo, aimed to analyze the issue of sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. In 2019, she is directing her first feature film The Rest of Us which focuses on mother-daughter relationships. She co-directed the documentary No Ordinary Man that premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and was named one of TIFF's Top Ten films. Aisling is committed to make entertainment by and about women, to represent and work with diverse voices and perspectives, and to tell amazing stories.
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In _No Ordinary Man_, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legac...
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In _No Ordinary Man_, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legac...