Actor

Ang Lee

Directing

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Acting credits

Active

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TMDB popularity

3.2

Moderate attention

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Movies: 38Series: 10Crew credits: 23

TMDB ID: 1614

IMDb ID: nm0000487

Known for: Directing

Born: October 23, 1954

Age: 71

Place of birth: Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q160726

Also known as

آنگ لی

Other jobs

Director (14)Producer (3)Original Film Writer (2)Assistant Camera (1)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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).