Ang Lee
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer · Taiwan · On the map · Directors · Born 1954 · age 72
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed and hidden emotions. During his career, Lee has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
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76 Days AdriftFilm, Producer2021Asia's Most Influential TaiwanAwardKnight of the Legion of HonourAward2017
I Am Heath LedgerFilm2016
Thirteen TalksSeries
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkFilm, 2016Director, Producer2014
Grade OneSeries2013Academy Award for Best DirectorAward2012Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward
Life of PiFilm, 2012Director, Producer2009A Sense of CharacterFilm2007Golden Horse Award for Best DirectorAward2006Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardBAFTA Award for Best DirectionAward
Be My GuestSeries, 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaFilm, 20062005Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAwardGolden Globe Award for Best DirectorAward
The Colbert ReportSeries, 20052004A Forbidden PassionFilm, Himself2003Evolution of the HulkFilm2001“Mainstream films have occupied Hollywood but you can get bored very easily.”In their words12 March 2001On Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, quoted at IMDb Movie/TV NewsBAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward
The HireSeries, 2001Director
ChosenFilm, 2001Director1999
Ride with the DevilFilm, Director1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaFilm1997“It's the first movie I feel really proud of. But I know it's not a movie for everyone.”In their words17 October 1997On The Ice Storm (1997) Salon“Gradually I got tuned into the world - that happens on every movie. I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.”In their words17 October 1997On developing a sensitivity for authentic details in the making of movies, Salon“The stern dad stuff doesn't work anymore. You have to be level with the kids, you have to be a nice guy... The authority thing just doesn't work anymore.”In their words17 October 1997On parenting, Salon1996Golden BearAward
E! True Hollywood StorySeries, 19961995
Sense and SensibilityFilm, Director1994
Eat Drink Man WomanFilm, Director, Writer1993Golden BearAwardGolden Horse Award for Best DirectorAward1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries1991
Pushing HandsFilm, Director, Writer1978
The South Bank ShowSeries1962
Golden Horse AwardsSeries1954Born23 October 1954People around Ang
James Schamus Produced Pushing Hands and The Wedding Banquet
Sihung Lung Ang directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Ted Hope Produced Pushing Hands and The Wedding Banquet
Tobey Maguire Ang directed The Ice Storm (1997)
Imelda Staunton Ang directed Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Tom Wilkinson Ang directed Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Celia Weston Ang directed Hulk and Ride with the Devil
Winston Chao Ang directed The Wedding Banquet (1993)
David Linde Produced Ride with the Devil (1999)
Michael Hausman Produced Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Will Smith Ang directed Gemini Man (2019)
Sigourney Weaver Ang directed The Ice Storm (1997)
Vin Diesel Ang directed Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2017)
Gérard Depardieu Ang produced Life of Pi (2012)
Stan Lee Ang directed Hulk (2003)
Alan Rickman Ang directed Sense and Sensibility (1996)
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Brokeback Mountain 2005
Eat Drink Man Woman 1994
I Am Heath Ledger 2017
Life of Pi 2012
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
Filmography 40
84 credits on file
Television 11
Media & music
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He is also the only filmmaker to win the Golden Bear twice and one of only four filmmakers to win the Golden Lion twice, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2020.
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