Ang Lee
Born: 1954-10-23 in Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Wedding Banquet ... (Original Film Writer)
- 76 Days Adrift ... (Executive Producer)
- Lisa Lu Plays Herself as Self
2021
2019
- Gemini Man ... (Director)
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
2017
- I Am Heath Ledger as Self
2016
2014
2013
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
- Past Present as Self
- Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey as Self
2012
- Life of Pi ... (Director)
- Silence as Self
2009
- Taking Woodstock ... (Producer)
- Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- A Very Quiet Man as Self
- A Sense of Character as Self
- Adapting Austen as Self
2007
- Lust, Caution ... (Producer)
- Lights, Action, Music as Self
- Hollywood Chinese as Self
2006
2005
- The Colbert Report
- Brokeback Mountain ... (Director)
2004
- A Forbidden Passion as Himself
2003
- Hulk as Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- The Making of 'Hulk' as Self
- The Incredible Ang Lee as Self
- Evolution of the Hulk as Self
- The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk' as Self
2002
2001
- The Hire ... (Director)
- Chosen ... (Director)
- Tortilla Soup ... (Original Film Writer)
2000
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ... (Producer)
- The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' as Self
1999
- Ride with the Devil ... (Director)
1998
1997
- The Ice Storm ... (Director)
1996
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1995
- Sense and Sensibility ... (Director)
- Siao Yu ... (Writer)
1994
- Eat Drink Man Woman ... (Screenplay)
1993
- The Wedding Banquet as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
1991
- Pushing Hands ... (Director)
1989
1984
- Fine Line ... (Director)
1983
- Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads ... (Assistant Camera)
1982
- I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake ... (Director)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self