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Ang Lee
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TELMUN
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Ang Lee Biography
Birth Place:
Pingtung, Taiwan
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
10/23/1954, Libra
Profession:
Director; producer; writer
An eclectic writer-director who has endured a turbulent showbiz career, Lee moved from his native Taiwan to the U.S. and studied filmmaking at NYU. After years of watching potential projects fall through, he won both first and second prizes in a Taiwanese screenwriting competition. Those scripts became his first two movies, 1992's
Pushing Hands
and 1993's international indie hit
The Wedding Banquet
. The next year, Lee broke through to the mainstream with the familial comedy
Eat Drink Man Woman
, which was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar. Lee's subsequent projects were strikingly diverse. Though he had proven himself a masterful writer, he based several on preexisting material, including adaptations of Jane Austen's 19th-century romance
Sense and Sensibility
and Rick Moody's examination of changing middle-class values,
The Ice Storm
. Lee returned to his roots in 2000 for the fantastical Chinese martial-arts epic
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, which won a slew of Oscars and earned him a nod. But the underwhelming critical and commercial reaction to his next film,
Hulk
, depressed Lee so much that he considered quitting the business. Luckily, he persevered and went on to win the best-director Oscar for 2005's groundbreaking gay-cowboy flick,
Brokeback Mountain
.
Ang Lee Fast Facts:
Failed his national university entrance exams in Taiwan.
Served as assistant director on Spike Lee's NYU student film
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barber Shop: We Cut Heads
.
His 1993 movie
The Wedding Banquet
became the first production from Taiwan to earn a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar nomination.
Passed on an offer to direct
Terminator 3
.
Initially turned down an offer to direct
Brokeback Mountain
(2005) but changed his mind after helming
Hulk
(2003).
Ang Lee Relationships:
Han Lee - Son
Jane Lin - Wife
Lee Yangsi - Mother
Mason Lee - Son
Ang Lee Awards:
2000 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
2005 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
2000 Oscar: Best Motion Picture of the Year - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
2001 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
2006 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
College:
Attended Taiwan Academy of Art, Taipei, Taiwan; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (BFA in Theatre, 1980); New York University, New York, NY (MFA in Film, 1984)
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