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Lee at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival
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Born |
Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan |
October 23, 1954
Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts of New York University |
Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1982–present |
Notable work |
Pushing Hands The Wedding Banquet Eat Drink Man Woman Sense and Sensibility The Ice Storm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Hulk Brokeback Mountain Life of Pi |
Spouse(s) | Jane Lin () (m. 1983) |
Children | Haan Lee (b. 1984) Mason Lee (b. 1990) |
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Traditional Chinese | 李安 | ||||||
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Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Ān |
Ang Lee OBS (Chinese: ; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese-born film director, screenwriter and producer.
Lee's earlier films, such as The Wedding Banquet, Pushing Hands, and Eat Drink Man Woman explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, Eastern and Western. Lee also deals with repressed, hidden emotions in many of his films, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Ice Storm; Hulk; and Brokeback Mountain. Lee's work is known for its emotional charge, which critics believe is responsible for his success in offsetting cultural barriers and achieving international recognition.
Lee has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Life of Pi (2012), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). He is also the only director to win both the Golden Bear twice, for The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (1995), and the Golden Lion twice, for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Lust, Caution (2007). Lee is the only non-Caucasian director to have won an Oscar, Golden Horse, Golden Globe, and BAFTA.