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Ang Lee Films Directed. 2016 Ang Lee on a Touch of Zen Documentary short Self. With Tony Chiu-Wai Leung Tang Wei Joan Chen Leehom Wang. Ang Lee became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film starts out in the early 60s as two young men Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal work as sheepherders.
He was born is a heavily academic family. Best Director - Motion Picture Life of Pi 2012. Born in the Pingtung County of southern Taiwan Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United StatesDuring his filmmaking career he has received international critical and popular acclaim and a range of accolades. William Kong Li-Kong Hsu. Films directed by Ang Lee are listed here and include movie posters and Ang Lee movie trailers whenever possible. As of 2017 he has directed 4 films that have been Oscar nominated for Best Picture.
Ang Lee became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Yun-Fat Chow Michelle Yeoh Ziyi Zhang Chen Chang Votes. In 1982 Lee finished the 16mm short film Shades of the Lake 1982 which won the Best Drama Award in Short Film in Taiwan while his thesis work Fine Line 1984 won NYUs Wasserman Award for Outstanding Direction and was later selected for the Public Broadcasting Service. As of 2017 he has directed 4 films that have been Oscar nominated for Best Picture. Ang Lee gained international recognition with the Father Knows Best trilogy consisting of the films Pushing Hands 1991 The Wedding Banquet 1993 and Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 that highlight the conflict between traditional and modern thinking. In the film Kabali 2016 Chao plays the part of a mob boss whose mentor is named Ang Lee.