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Ang Lee

Director

Ang Lee

Born October 23, 1954 in 臺灣屏東縣潮州鎮19 films

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.

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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).

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Brokeback Mountain posterFirst watchBrokeback Mountain20057.8In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Life of Pi poster7.4Life of Pi2012Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon poster7.4Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Sense and Sensibility poster7.4Sense and Sensibility1995Gemini Man poster6.3Gemini Man2019Hulk poster5.6Hulk2003Lust, Caution poster7.3Lust, Caution2007Eat Drink Man Woman poster7.6Eat Drink Man Woman1994The Ice Storm poster6.9The Ice Storm1997

Filmography

19 films as director
  1. TBAUntitled Bruce Lee BiopicDirector
  2. TBAGold MountainDirector
  3. 2019Gemini ManDirector
  4. 2016Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkDirector
  5. 2012Life of PiDirector
  6. 2009Taking WoodstockDirector
  7. 2007Lust, CautionDirector
  8. 2005Brokeback MountainDirector
  9. 2003HulkDirector
  10. 2001ChosenDirector
  11. 2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonDirector
  12. 1999Ride with the DevilDirector
  13. 1997The Ice StormDirector
  14. 1995Sense and SensibilityDirector
  15. 1994Eat Drink Man WomanDirector
  16. 1993The Wedding BanquetDirector
  17. 1991Pushing HandsDirector
  18. 1984Fine LineDirector
  19. 1982I Wish I Was by That Dim LakeDirector