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.
Directing
For more about me as a director pls check out www.imdb.me/toy
The trailer for MOON.
The trailer for BOXER.
Prepping the shot for MOON.
Prepping the shot for MOON.
Prepping the dog for MOON.
Prepping the dog for MOON.
Directing Adagliza Chermount in the award-winning TRANSITION.
Directing Adagliza Chermount in the award-winning TRANSITION.
Directing Adagliza Chermount and Melissa Martinelli in the award-winning TRANSITION.
Directing Adagliza Chermount and Melissa Martinelli in the award-winning TRANSITION.
Getting the alien dogs ready for the shot.
Getting the alien dogs ready for the shot.
Sound mix at NBC’s StudioPost for MOON.
Sound mix at NBC’s StudioPost for MOON.
With the MOON team at the ARRI corner of the 2022 NAB convention.
With the MOON team at the ARRI corner of the 2022 NAB convention.
Acting and directing in HOW TO GET CAUGHT.
Acting and directing in HOW TO GET CAUGHT.
Acting and directing in the award-winning and audience favorite, BOXER. Seen with co-star, Perry Norman.
Acting and directing in the award-winning and audience favorite, BOXER. Seen with co-star, Perry Norman.
Fun AND a favorite. With producer Linda Wong and Edmund Kwan after winning a bunch of awards for BOXER.
Fun AND a favorite. With producer Linda Wong and Edmund Kwan after winning a bunch of awards for BOXER.
Action Directing/2nd Unit Directing/Fight Choreography
For more about me in action work pls check out www.imdb.me/toy
HOW TO GET CAUGHT
Reviewing choreography and the frame with cinematographer Cricket Peters and performer Narayan Cabral
Working out the choreo with the stunt team.
Working out the choreo with the stunt team.
Action director for Brigitte Graham’s ANGEL.
Action director for Brigitte Graham’s ANGEL.
On the set of FOIL as fight choreographer/stunt coord. Yes it snowed that day!
On the set of FOIL as fight choreographer/stunt coord. Yes it snowed that day!
