
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
October 23, 1954 (age 71)
Place of Birth
Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan
Also Known As
آنگ لی
Ang Lee
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).
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Known For

TV
The Colbert Report
2005

TV
Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962

TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

TV
The Oscars
Self
1953

TV
鲁豫有约一日行
2016

Film
Hulk
Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
2003

TV
Be My Guest
2006

TV
Thirteen Talks
2016

TV
Grade One
2014

Film
The Wedding Banquet
Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
1993

Film
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
Self
2016

TV
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996

Film
I Am Heath Ledger
Self
2017

Film
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013

Film
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Self
1998

Film
Past Present
Self
2013
Film
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Self

Film
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
2003

Film
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
2009

Film
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019
Filmography
2025FilmLisa Lu Plays Herselfas Self2021FilmSense and Sensibility: 25th Anniversary Reunionas Self2019FilmMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Soundas Self2017FilmI Am Heath Ledgeras Self2016FilmCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective2016TV鲁豫有约一日行2016FilmA Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Huas Himself2016TVThirteen Talks2016FilmThe Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horseas Self2014TVGrade One2013FilmPast Presentas Self2013FilmTrespassing Bergmanas Self2013FilmLife of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journeyas Self2012FilmSilenceas Self2009FilmHeath Ledger: A Tributeas Self2009FilmAdapting Austenas Self2009FilmA Sense of Characteras Self2009FilmA Very Quiet Manas Self2007FilmLights, Action, Musicas Self2007FilmHollywood Chineseas Self2006TVBe My Guest2006FilmFabulous! The Story of Queer Cinemaas Self2005TVThe Colbert Report2004FilmA Forbidden Passionas Himself2003FilmSex at 24 Frames Per Secondas Self2003FilmHulkas Hulk (voice) (uncredited)2002FilmThe Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Moviesas Self2000FilmThe Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'as Self1998FilmYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinemaas Self1996TVE! True Hollywood Storyas Self1993FilmThe Wedding Banquetas Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)1992TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno1989FilmOf East and West1962TVGolden Horse Awardsas Self1953TVThe Oscarsas Self—FilmJackie Chan: Down to Earthas Self