Ang Lee
Directing
- Born:
- 1954-10-23
- Place of birth:
- Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ang Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
76 Days Adrift
The Wedding Banquet
Fatal addiction: Heath Ledger
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Gemini Man
I Am Heath Ledger
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
鲁豫有约一日行
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
Thirteen Talks
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
Grade One
Past Present
Trespassing Bergman
Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
Life of Pi
Silence
Taking Woodstock
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Adapting Austen
A Sense of Character
A Very Quiet Man
Lust, Caution
Lights, Action, Music
Hollywood Chinese
Be My Guest
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Brokeback Mountain
The Colbert Report
A Forbidden Passion
The Making of 'Hulk'
Evolution of the Hulk
The Incredible Ang Lee
The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Hulk
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
Tortilla Soup
The Hire
Chosen
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ride with the Devil
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
The Ice Storm
E! True Hollywood Story
Sense and Sensibility
Siao Yu
Eat Drink Man Woman
The Wedding Banquet
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Pushing Hands
Of East and West
Fine Line
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake