CHRISTOPHER LEE / DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
TELLING STORIES
BEHIND THE BADGE
The work is often seen. The people behind it, less so.
I make films that bring their stories into focus.
01 / THE WORK
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SELECTED FILMS
STORIES THAT STAY WITH YOU
Short documentaries about service, loss, resolve, and the lives that exist beyond a uniform.
01 / SHORT DOCUMENTARY
HAZMAT RESOLVED
Peter Saavedra confronts dangers most of us never see.
02 / SHORT DOCUMENTARY
COURAGE OVER SILENCE
Remembering Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr., the man behind the badge
03 / SHORT DOCUMENTARY
MEET TRISTEN
CROUSER
Meet Tristen Crouser, an 18-year-old cancer survivor with a dream to compete as a professional roper—and the deputies set on helping him achieve his goal.
BEHIND THE CAMERA
CHRISTOPHER
LEE
I’ve spent years filming the people who show up when it matters most. The best stories usually begin after the headlines end.
I’m a documentary filmmaker and the Media Production Manager for the Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association. My work takes me from ride-alongs and training days to memorials and the quieter moments in between. I look for the person inside the uniform, and the details that make their story theirs.
THE STORY COMES FIRST
What the camera has taught me about earning trust, finding the heart of a story, and knowing when to get out of the way.