AF CREATIVE MEDIA

Brian and Dayna Lee are a husband and wife team and the founders of AF Creative Media, a three-time Tony Award and two-time Olivier Award winning production company. The couple was recently included in Variety’s prestigious 2025 “Broadway 10 to Watch” list and were dubbed “Power Producers” by Forbes earlier this year.

Producing projects include: GIANT by Mark Rosenblatt, starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and directed by Nicholas Hytner. The production sold out at the Royal Court Theatre in Fall 2024 before transferring to the West End in Spring 2025. GIANT won three Olivier Awards, including Best New Play and was the highest grossing play in the history of the Harold Pinter Theatre. GIANT will transfer to Broadway in Spring 2026, playing a 16-week limited run starting on March 11, 2026. 

The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof received a record-breaking 13 Olivier nominations and won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. The production played at the Barbican in Summer 2025 and is currently touring the UK and Ireland.

Tectonic Theater Project’s Here There Are Blueberries, directed by Moisés Kaufman, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and received the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. Blueberries became the highest-grossing play in New York Theatre Workshop’s history and is currently on tour across the US, with future productions planned in Spain, London, Australia, Italy, and other international locations. 

Becoming Eve premiered with New York Theatre Workshop in Spring 2025, starring Tommy Dorfman, Brandon Uranowitz, Richard Schiff, and Judy Kuhn. The play was nominated for a Drama League Award and was the recipient of the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play. 

Caroline by Preston Max Allen, directed by David Cromer and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, currently playing Off-Broadway at MCC Theater.

Brian and Dayna have recently announced a multi-year, exclusive First Look Deal with the Royal Court Theatre in London. In partnership with the Royal Court, they will bring productions to wider audiences- carrying the theatre’s extraordinary legacy from its iconic Sloane Square home to the bright lights of the West End, Broadway, and beyond.

They have also co-produced Company (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical), Moulin Rouge (Tony Award for Best Musical), Angels in America (Tony Award for Best Revival of A Play), Cabaret at the Kit Kat Klub, The Who’s Tommy, Funny Girl and Dead Outlaw

They are Executive Producing the upcoming films: The Housewife starring Naomi Watts and Luke Evans. Jeremiah Zagar’s The Painted Bride starring Jeremy Allen White and Mandy Patinkin and producing Schmatta Business, a documentary exploring the untold story of working-class Jews who transformed the rag trade into an enduring legacy.

Brian and Dayna run a popular Instagram blog called @artsfoodfamily with over 128k followers, where they share their journey navigating their way through the Big Apple. Their greatest achievement to date has been their amazing children, Ella & Emmy and Ezra.

MEET THE TEAM

  • DAYNA LEE

    CO-FOUNDER & PRODUCER

  • BRIAN LEE

    CO-FOUNDER & PRODUCER

  • JESS ZYLSTRA

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER