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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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Born:
Oct 23, 1954 In Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
Movie/TV Credits:
17
First Appeared:
In the series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992-05-25
Latest Project:
Movie Jackie Chan: Down to Earth 2027
Known For
Filmography
Movie Jackie Chan: Down to Earth Self 2027
Movie I Am Heath Ledger Self 2017-04-23
Movie The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse Self 2016-03-04
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Past Present Self 2013-10-04
Movie Trespassing Bergman Self 2013-08-28
Movie Hollywood Chinese Self 2007-03-18
Movie Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Self 2006-02-12
Series The Colbert Report Unknown 2005-10-17
Movie A Forbidden Passion Himself 2004-06-15
Movie Hulk Hulk (voice) (uncredited) 2003-06-19
Movie Sex at 24 Frames Per Second Self 2003-09-23
Movie The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies Self 2002-06-01
Movie Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema Self 1998-06-04
Series E! True Hollywood Story Self 1996-08-21
Movie The Wedding Banquet Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited) 1993-03-01
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
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