Ang Lee
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-American director born in Chaozhou, Taiwan, celebrated for extraordinary genre range spanning martial arts epic, period costume drama, and superhero blockbuster. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a wuxia epic blending balletic action with restrained romantic longing, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and became one of the most internationally successful non-English-language films ever released. Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain, the latter a groundbreaking gay romance set among Wyoming ranch hands, showed his equally strong command of English-language literary and emotional drama, the latter winning him his first Academy Award for Best Director. Life of Pi, a technically extraordinary adaptation of a supposedly unfilmable novel, won him a second Best Director Oscar. Lee's ability to move fluidly and convincingly across radically different genres, cultures, and languages has made him one of the most versatile major directors in contemporary cinema.
Ang Lee
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Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-American director born in Chaozhou, Taiwan, celebrated for extraordinary genre range spanning martial arts epic, period costume drama, and superhero blockbuster. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a wuxia epic blending balletic action with restrained romantic longing, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and became one of the most internationally successful non-English-language films ever released. Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain, the latter a groundbreaking gay romance set among Wyoming ranch hands, showed his equally strong command of English-language literary and emotional drama, the latter winning him his first Academy Award for Best Director. Life of Pi, a technically extraordinary adaptation of a supposedly unfilmable novel, won him a second Best Director Oscar. Lee's ability to move fluidly and convincingly across radically different genres, cultures, and languages has made him one of the most versatile major directors in contemporary cinema.
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Lust, Caution
2007
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Hulk
2003
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Life of Pi
2012
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Brokeback Mountain
2005
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Sense and Sensibility
1995
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Gemini Man
2019
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
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The Ice Storm
1997
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Eat Drink Man Woman
1994
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The Wedding Banquet
1993
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Taking Woodstock
2009
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Ride with the Devil
1999
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Pushing Hands
1991
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Chosen
2001
TV Shows
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
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Gemini Man
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2019
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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2016
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Life of Pi
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2012
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Taking Woodstock
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2009
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Lust, Caution
Director
2007
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Brokeback Mountain
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2005
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Hulk
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2003
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The Hire
Director · 1 episode
2001–
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Chosen
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2001
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Ang Lee and where are they from?
Ang Lee is 71 years old, born on October 23, 1954 in Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan.
What are the most famous roles of Ang Lee?
Ang Lee is best known for directing Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk.
How many movies has Ang Lee directed?
Over a 44-year career (since 1982), Ang Lee has directed or written 18 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Ang Lee's first movie?
The career of Ang Lee began with Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic ().
What is Ang Lee's most recent movie or series?
Ang Lee's most recent release is Gemini Man, which premiered on October 2, 2019.
What TV shows has Ang Lee created or directed?
On television, Ang Lee has appeared in The Hire.
Ang Lee
1954-10-23 · Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
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).Ang Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.