Ang Lee
Known for: Directing
Born: October 23, 1954
Place of birth: 臺灣屏東縣潮州鎮
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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Filmography
54 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025
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76 Days Adrift
2025
6.7
The Wedding Banquet
2025NR
Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion
2021
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.3
Gemini Man
2019
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
6.0
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
2016
4.0
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
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A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
2016
8.8
Thirteen Talks
2016
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The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016
7.0
Grade One
2014
6.3
Past Present
2013
6.6
Trespassing Bergman
2013
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Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
2013
7.4
Life of Pi
2012NR
Silence
2012
6.2
Taking Woodstock
2009
8.3
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009NR
Adapting Austen
2009NR
A Sense of Character
2009NR
A Very Quiet Man
2009
7.3
Lust, Caution
2007
7.0
Lights, Action, Music
2007
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Hollywood Chinese
2007
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Be My Guest
2006
5.4
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
7.8
Brokeback Mountain
2005
7.0
The Colbert Report
20059.0
A Forbidden Passion
2004NR
The Making of 'Hulk'
2003NR
Evolution of the Hulk
2003NR
The Incredible Ang Lee
2003NR
The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'
2003
5.3
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
5.6
Hulk
2003
5.9
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
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A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
2002
6.4
Tortilla Soup
2001
7.6
The Hire
2001
6.3
Chosen
2001
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The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000
7.4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
6.3
Ride with the Devil
1999
5.5
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
6.9
The Ice Storm
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.4
Sense and Sensibility
1995
7.3
Siao Yu
1995
7.6
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994
7.2
The Wedding Banquet
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
7.3
Pushing Hands
1991
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Of East and West
1989
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Fine Line
1984
6.3
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983
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I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake
1982
9.0
Golden Horse Awards
1962
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
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Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic
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Gold Mountain
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