Lee Man / Li Min

Biography

Li Min (born 1966 in Hong Kong) is a multi-talented artist also known by her original name Lee Man Yee. She studied at the prestigious St. Francis' Canossious College and entered the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, initially majoring in Philosophy before switching to Journalism at New Asia College, writing a column for Sing Tao Daily during her studies. In 1987, she formed the singing duo "Dream Theatre" with Lau Man Kuen and began writing lyrics, with their first work "Color Relativity" (彩色相對論) in 1988 winning the Best New Group award from Commercial Radio Hong Kong and the Most Promising Newcomer Bronze Award from RTHK. After graduating in 1990 and going to Canada to study film, which led to the duo's disbandment, she returned to Hong Kong to work in film and songwriting. She won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song in 1996 for "Completely Because of You" (完全因你) from the film "Peace Hotel" (和平飯店). She has written over 483 Chinese songs for major artists like Anita Mui and Alan Tam. She has participated in writing 28 film screenplays and received award nominations for "Men Suddenly in Love" (大丈夫). She is also a prolific author with over 60 novels and prose books, launching the first female forensic detective novel series in the Chinese-speaking world in 2004. In 2019, she directed her first film "A Day With Me" (給我1天), adapted from her own novel, and in 2021 she directed and wrote the TV series "Young At Heart" (青春本我), which won an award at the New York Festivals TV Film Awards.