TRANNY FEST FOUNDERS & CO-DIRECTORS:
Christopher Lee & Al Austin
Christopher Lee
Christopher is a producer/director currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. His works include: The Network, Christopher's Chronicles, Christopher Does Dallas, Trappings of Transhood, Alley of the Tranny Boys and Sex Flesh in Blood. His work has been screened and distributed in the United States and abroad. Christopher was on the Teddy Award Jury for the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival. Annie Sprinkle coined his Sex Flesh in Blood as "...the new revolution in pornography! A work of art." Christopher is the Tranny Fest co-founder and co-director and has done outreach and media work for two HIV/AIDS organizations, the Asian/Pacific Islander Wellness Center's HIV/AIDS support service program for Transgender People, and the Stop AIDS Project.
AL
AUSTIN
Al is a producer and arts and entertainment attorney who, for the past decade, has been producing queer events and benefits. Some of her productions includeMore for Les, a benefit for transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg, and Alternate Vision: Diverse Images in Queer Cinema, Oakland's 1st queer film festival. Most recently, Al produced Tranny Fest: Transgender and Transgenre Cinema, the United State's first transgender film festival, as well as Tranny Week, a week-long performance and panel discussion event benefiting various nonprofit Transgender programs in San Francisco. She and her co-producer, Christopher Lee, were honored with a proclamation from San Francisco's Mayor, Willie Brown, for their contribution to the community. Al is the founding attorney of The Austin Law Group: A Law Firm Dedicated to the Arts.