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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 cam…
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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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Lisa Lu Plays Herself
as Self
No Poster
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
I Am Heath Ledger
as Self
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
as Himself
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
as Self
Past Present
as Self
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
as Self
No Poster
Silence
as Self
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
No Poster
Adapting Austen
as Self
No Poster
A Sense of Character
as Self
No Poster
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
Lights, Action, Music
as Self
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
No Poster
A Forbidden Passion
as Himself
No Poster
The Making of 'Hulk'
as Self
No Poster
Evolution of the Hulk
as Self
No Poster
The Incredible Ang Lee
as Self
No Poster
The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'
as Self
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
Hulk
as Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self
A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
as Self
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
as Self
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
The Wedding Banquet
as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
Of East and West
No Poster
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
as Self