Ang Lee
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.
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Movie Appearances
Past Present
as Self
2013
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
2009
Silence
as Self
2012
Of East and West
1989
Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
as Self
2013
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1998
The Wedding Banquet
as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
1993
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
2006
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
2007
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
as Self
TBA
I Am Heath Ledger
as Self
2017
A Forbidden Passion
as Himself
2004
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
2019
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
as Self
2016
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self
2002
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
2003
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
2016
Lights, Action, Music
as Self
2007
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
as Himself
2016
