Lem is a third generation Chinese Canadian born and raised in Toronto. She has produced and directed two films: The Compact and Open Letter: Grasp the Bird's Tail. Her films have been shown in numerous film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, the San Francisco Showcase Film Festival, the Atlantic Film Festival where Open Letter: Grasp a Bird's Tail won an honourable mention in Awards of Excellence, under the Writing Category, and the 31st Ann Arbor Film Festival where she won the Tom Berman Award, given to the most promising filmmaker.

Five Aunties is her first documentary project as well as her first time working in video.

Lem also writes and works in printmaking, collage and drawing. Her visual work had shown in galleries in Toronto, Vancouver and New York City.

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