Ang Lee
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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- 2025 · Lisa Lu Plays Herself as Self
- 2021 · Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion as Self
- 2019 · Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2017 · I Am Heath Ledger as Self
- 2016 · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective as
- 2016 · 鲁豫有约一日行 as
- 2016 · A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu as Himself
- 2016 · Thirteen Talks as
- 2016 · The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse as Self
- 2014 · Grade One as
- 2013 · Past Present as Self
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2013 · Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey as Self
- 2012 · Silence as Self
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2009 · A Very Quiet Man as Self
- 2009 · A Sense of Character as Self
- 2009 · Adapting Austen as Self
- 2007 · Lights, Action, Music as Self
- 2007 · Hollywood Chinese as Self
- 2006 · Be My Guest as
- 2006 · Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2004 · A Forbidden Passion as Himself
- 2003 · Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 2003 · Hulk as Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- 2002 · The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies as Self
- 2000 · The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' as Self
- 1998 · Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1993 · The Wedding Banquet as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · Of East and West as
- 1962 · Golden Horse Awards as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self