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Ang Lee
Director

Ang Lee

23 Oct 1954Born
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Chaojhou, Pingtung, TaiwanBirthplace

Biography

Ang Lee OBS (Chinese: 李安; pinyin: Lǐ Ān; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Born in Pingtung County, Lee gained fame in Taiwan for the Father Knows Best trilogy, including Pushing Hands (1991), The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, and between Eastern and Western cultures.

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His breakthrough in Hollywood came with Sense and Sensibility (1995), which was his first English-language film. His other notable films include The Ice Storm (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003), Lust, Caution (2007), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Life of Pi (2012), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), Gemini Man (2019).

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAUntitled Bruce Lee BiopicFilm: Director
  2. TBAGold MountainFilm: Director
  3. 2019Gemini ManFilm: Director
  4. 2016Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkFilm: Director
  5. 2016Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A RetrospectiveFilm
  6. 2014Grade OneSeries (1 episode)
  7. 2012Life of PiFilm: Director
  8. 2009Taking WoodstockFilm: Director
  9. 2007Lust, CautionFilm: Director
  10. 2005Brokeback MountainFilm: Director
  11. 2003HulkFilm: Hulk (voice) (uncredited), Director
  12. 2001The HireSeries: Director (1 episode)
  13. 2001ChosenFilm: Director
  14. 2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonFilm: Director
  15. 1999Ride with the DevilFilm: Director
  16. 1997The Ice StormFilm: Director
  17. 1995Sense and SensibilityFilm: Director
  18. 1995Siao YuFilm: Writer
  19. 1994Eat Drink Man WomanFilm: Screenplay, Director
  20. 1993The Wedding BanquetFilm: Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited), Director, Writer
  21. 1991Pushing HandsFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 1989Of East and WestFilm
  23. 1984Fine LineFilm: Director, Writer
  24. 1982I Wish I Was by That Dim LakeFilm: Director

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