Writer/director Grace Lee attended UCLA film school and rocketed to the top of her class, distinguishing herself by scripting and helming the multi-award-winning thesis film Barrier Device. Thereafter, Lee received many laurels for her gutsy and unflinching muckraking #92;documentaries, on subjects ranging from Asian stereotypes to military prostitution. It was somewhat ironic, then, that she achieved her broadest acclaim and recognition for a fiction film: American Zombie, an inventive #92;mockumentary about "the undead" roaming the streets of contemporary Los Angeles and unsuccessfully attempting to settle among normal civilians. Lee tackled the project alongside fellow UCLA alumnus John Solomon. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide