
Person
Ang Lee
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 23, 1954
- From
- 臺灣屏東縣潮州鎮
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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Hulk

The Colbert Report

The Wedding Banquet

I Am Heath Ledger

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Oscars

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

E! True Hollywood Story

Trespassing Bergman

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Thirteen Talks

Past Present

Heath Ledger: A Tribute
A Forbidden Passion

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