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Ang LEE

Director
Country: TAIWAN
Illustration
© Mary Hellen Mark 

                                                                    

                                        
Biography

                                        

                                            Ang Lee was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The son of a high school principal with traditional ideas about education, Lee chose to study theater in America instead. He went on to get an M.F.A. in film at NYU. In 1990, Lee made his first feature, Pushing Hands. His films include The Wedding Banquet (Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival), Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility (Golden Bear), The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Oscar, Best Foreign Film), Hulk, Brokeback Mountain (Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival and Oscar, Best Director), Lust, Caution (Golden Lion), Taking Woodstock and Life of Pi (Oscar, Best Director). He is currently preparing Tyrant, a pilot for the FX Network. He lives in New York.

                                        

                                    

                                
                            

                                                
                        
                        
                                                            

                                                                                                                
Films presented in Cannes

                                        
                                                                            
                                                                            
Member of the Jury

                                        
    
                                                                                            
  • 2013 - Feature films - Member
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