Lee Morais is an artist, writer, film director, college professor and museum curator. He graduated Tulane University in New Orleans, and went on to a master's degree in art history from Indiana University. For 15 years Lee was chairman of the film department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He wrote, produced and directed dozens of documentary, promotional and educational films for a diverse list of clients. Lee returned to the art world as a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and most recently, combined all of his talents to create mixed media and interactive educational rooms for museums around the country.

Throughout his career Lee has been an artist of large canvas paintings and a craftsman of sculptured gilded mirrors. His paintings are in private collections, his mirrors are available here and in New Orleans.