Ang Lee

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Ang Lee, known as the first Chinese director to win the Best Director Oscar, is one of the greatest and most honored film directors in the world. He has been highly reputed for his achievements in bridging the cultural communication gap between the East and the West.

 

Recipient of numerous awards, Lee has enthralled international audiences with his extraordinary talent in film directing ever since his first feature film "Pushing Hands". The film, a success in Taiwan both among critics and at the box office, was nominated for eight Golden Horse Awards and won Best Film award at the Asian-Pacific Film Festival.

So far, Lee won 2 Academy Awards for his direction of the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" and the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2001. He also earned the prestigious Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the Venice International Film Festival with "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005 and "Lust, Caution" in 2007. In his early career days, his "Wedding Banquet" (1993) and "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) helped him snatch the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

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Born: Oct. 23, 1954, in Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan

Ancestry: De'an, Jiangxi Province

Years active: 1992-present

Selected filmography: "Pushing Hands" (1992), "The Wedding Banquet" (1993), "Eat Drink Man Woman" (1994), "Sense and Sensibility"(1995), "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"(2000), "Hulk" (2003), "Brokeback Mountain"(2005), "Lust, Caution"(2007)