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Ang Lee

Directing

Ang Lee

EN, ZH, CN cinema · 54 credits

Born

23 October 1954 (age 72)

Birthplace

Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan

Also known as آنگ لی · Ang Lee · An Li · Энг Ли · 이안 · アン・リー

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.

Known for

Filmography

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

ENNot rated

as Self

Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic

Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic

ENNot rated

Producer, Director

Gold Mountain poster

Gold Mountain

ENNot rated

Director, Producer

Lisa Lu Plays Herself poster

Lisa Lu Plays Herself

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

The Wedding Banquet poster

The Wedding Banquet

EN · 20256.6

Original Film Writer

76 Days Adrift poster

76 Days Adrift

EN · 2025Not rated

Executive Producer

Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion

2021

Sense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunion

EN · 2021Not rated

as Self

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound poster

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

EN · 20196.9

as Self

Gemini Man poster

Gemini Man

EN · 20196.3

Director

I Am Heath Ledger poster

I Am Heath Ledger

EN · 20177.4

as Self

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse poster

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

ZH · 2016Not rated

as Self

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective poster

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective

EN · 2016Not rated

Actor

A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu poster

A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu

EN · 2016Not rated

as Himself

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk poster

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

EN · 20166.0

Director, Producer

Past Present poster

Past Present

ZH · 20136.3

as Self

Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey poster

Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey

EN · 2013Not rated

as Self

Trespassing Bergman poster

Trespassing Bergman

EN · 20136.6

as Self

Silence

2012

Silence

EN · 2012Not rated

as Self

Life of Pi poster

Life of Pi

EN · 20127.4

Director, Producer

Heath Ledger: A Tribute poster

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

EN · 20097.5

as Self

Adapting Austen

2009

Adapting Austen

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self

A Sense of Character

2009

A Sense of Character

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self

A Very Quiet Man

2009

A Very Quiet Man

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self

Taking Woodstock poster

Taking Woodstock

EN · 20096.2

Producer, Director

Hollywood Chinese poster

Hollywood Chinese

EN · 2007Not rated

as Self

Lights, Action, Music poster

Lights, Action, Music

EN · 20077.0

as Self

Lust, Caution poster

Lust, Caution

ZH · 20077.3

Producer, Director

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

EN · 20065.4

as Self

Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

EN · 20057.8

Director

A Forbidden Passion

2004

A Forbidden Passion

EN · 20049.0

as Himself

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second poster

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

EN · 20035.3

as Self

Hulk poster

Hulk

EN · 20035.6

as Hulk (voice) (uncredited), Director

The Making of 'Hulk'

2003

The Making of 'Hulk'

EN · 2003Not rated

as Self

Evolution of the Hulk

2003

Evolution of the Hulk

EN · 2003Not rated

as Self

The Incredible Ang Lee

2003

The Incredible Ang Lee

EN · 2003Not rated

as Self

The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'

2003

The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'

EN · 2003Not rated

as Self

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies poster

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

EN · 20025.8

as Self

A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei poster

A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei

EN · 2002Not rated

as Self

Chosen poster

Chosen

EN · 20016.3

Director

Tortilla Soup poster

Tortilla Soup

EN · 20016.4

Original Film Writer

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' poster

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

EN · 2000Not rated

as Self

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon poster

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

ZH · 20007.4

Producer, Director

Ride with the Devil poster

Ride with the Devil

EN · 19996.3

Director

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema poster

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

CN · 19985.5

as Self

The Ice Storm poster

The Ice Storm

EN · 19976.9

Director, Producer

Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

EN · 19957.4

Director

Siao Yu poster

Siao Yu

ZH · 19957.3

Writer, Producer

Eat Drink Man Woman poster

Eat Drink Man Woman

ZH · 19947.6

Screenplay, Director

The Wedding Banquet poster

The Wedding Banquet

ZH · 19937.2

as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer

Pushing Hands poster

Pushing Hands

ZH · 19917.3

Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer

Of East and West poster

Of East and West

ZH · 1989Not rated

Actor

Fine Line poster

Fine Line

EN · 1984Not rated

Director, Writer, Editor

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads poster

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

EN · 19836.3

Assistant Camera

I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake poster

I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake

EN · 1982Not rated

Director