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Ang Lee

Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)

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Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, and producer born in 1954 who has become one of the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers of his generation. His work matters because he has directed critically acclaimed films that have gained worldwide recognition and helped establish Taiwanese cinema on the global stage.

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Born: 1954-10-23

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Directing · 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…

Known for

Lisa Lu Plays Herself — Self2025
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion — Self2021
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound — Self2019
I Am Heath Ledger — Self2017
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse — Self2016
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective2016
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu — Himself2016
鲁豫有约一日行2016
Thirteen Talks2016
Grade One2014

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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 and hidden emotions. During his career, Lee has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. 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.

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, Eastern and Western. 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), and Gemini Man (2019).