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Ang Lee
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 emoti…
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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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2025
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
Movie Self
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2025
76 Days Adrift
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
The Wedding Banquet
Movie Original Film Writer
- 2021
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2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Movie Self
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2019
Gemini Man
Movie Director
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2017
I Am Heath Ledger
Movie Self
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2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Movie Producer
- 2016
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2016
鲁豫有约一日行
TV show
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2016
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
Movie Himself
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2016
Thirteen Talks
TV show
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2016
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
Movie Self
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2014
Grade One
TV show
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2013
Past Present
Movie Self
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2013
Trespassing Bergman
Movie Self
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2013
Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
Movie Self
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2012
Life of Pi
Movie Director
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2012
Silence
Movie Self
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2009
Taking Woodstock
Movie Director
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2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie Self
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2009
A Very Quiet Man
Movie Self
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2009
Adapting Austen
Movie Self
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2009
A Sense of Character
Movie Self
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2007
Lust, Caution
Movie Producer
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2007
Lights, Action, Music
Movie Self
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2007
Hollywood Chinese
Movie Self
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2006
Be My Guest
TV show
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2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Movie Self
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2005
Brokeback Mountain
Movie Director
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2005
The Colbert Report
TV show
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2004
A Forbidden Passion
Movie Himself
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2003
The Making of 'Hulk'
Movie Self
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2003
Evolution of the Hulk
Movie Self
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2003
The Incredible Ang Lee
Movie Self
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2003
The Unique Style of Editing 'Hulk'
Movie Self
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2003
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie Self
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2003
Hulk
Movie Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- 2002
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2002
A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
Movie Self
