Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1954-10-23 (Age: 72)
Place of Birth
Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
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.
Filmography (30)
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
2021
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
2016
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
2016
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016
Past Present
2013
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
2013Silence
2012
