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Ang Lee (Chinese: 李安; Pinyin: Lǐ Ān ) (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning film director from Taiwan.
Early life
Ang Lee was born and raised in Pingtung, Taiwan and educated in the United States, where he found success as a Hollywood director, well-known for his wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
He completed his bachelor's degree in Theater from the University of Illinois and received his MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where in 1984 he made a thesis film called Fine Line. He was a classmate of Spike Lee and worked on the crew of the latter Lee's thesis film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads.
Career
Many of his films have focused on the interactions between modernity and tradition. His films have also tended to have a light-hearted comic tone which marks a break from the tragic historical realism which characterized Taiwanese filmmaking after the end of the martial law period in 1987. Lee's films also tend to draw on deep secrets and internal torment that begin to come to the surface such as the gay-themed films The Wedding Banquet (1993), Brokeback Mountain (2005), the martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and the comic book adaptation Hulk (2003)
He received the Dartmouth Film Award in 2002, along with Meryl Streep.
Lee's film Brokeback Mountain (2005) won the best film award at the Venice International Film Festival, was named 2005's best film by the Los Angeles film critics. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, with Lee winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture. Ang Lee is also nominated for the 78th Academy Award Best Director, and Brokeback Mountain is nominated for Best Picture of the year. Brokeback Mountain has been nominated for a total of 8 Academy Awards.
Private life
His wife, Jane, is a microbiologist; they have two children, Haan and Mason. He is a huge fan of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.
Films
Director
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Hulk (2003)
- The Hire (BMW Short Movies) - Chosen (2002)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Chinese: 臥虎藏龍) (2000)
- Ride with the Devil (1999)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese: 飲食男女) (1994)
- The Wedding Banquet (Chinese: 喜宴) (1993)
- Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手) (1992)
- Fine Line (1984)
- Shades of the lake (1982)
- I Love Chinese Food (1981)
- Beat the Artist (1981)
- The Runner' (1980)
- One Day of Ma-Chuan Chen (Chinese: 陳媽勸的一天)
- Laziness in a Saturday Afternoon (Chinese: 星期六下午的懶散)
Writer
- Siao Yu (Chinese: 少女小漁) (1995)
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese: 飲食男女) (1994)
- The Wedding Banquet (Chinese: 喜宴) (1993)
- Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手) (1992)
Actor
- The Wedding Banquet (Chinese: 喜宴) (1993)
Editing
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese: 飲食男女) (1994)
- Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手) (1992)
Producer
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Chinese: 臥虎藏龍) (2000)
- Siao Yu (Chinese: 少女小漁) (1995)
External links
- Ang Lee at IMDb
- Ang Lee on Brokeback
- Ang Lee (Chinese)
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