Yee Yang ‘Square’ Lee

Associate Producer

Square is a creative entrepreneur with qualifications in Law, Arts Management, Theatre, Film and as a Chartered Secretary. He freelances as an arts manager, producer, director, designer, web developer and consultant for a diverse range of arts and not-for-profit clients through his consultancy WhySquare Limited.

Having recently stepped down from a 7-month assignment as Acting General Manager for The New Zealand Dance Company, he is currently Founding Trustee & General Manager of The Oryza Foundation for Asian Performing Arts, Trustee of the Asia New Zealand Film Foundation Trust and an Organising Committee Member of the Auckland Performing Arts Forum. He has a special interest in governance in the not-for-profit sector and completed his Masters with a thesis investigating the state and standard of governance in the New Zealand arts sector.

Square was involved in the establishment of Short+Sweet Auckland in 2010 and is very pleased to reprise his role as Associate Producer for Short+Sweet New Zealand since 2013.