Ang Lee

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Taiwanese person film director film producer screenwriter

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-born film director acclaimed for his visually inventive and emotionally nuanced movies, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Brokeback Mountain," and "Life of Pi."

Aliases (1)

Lee Ang ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Taiwanese person → film director → film producer → screenwriter →
activeIn	Hollywood cinema → Taiwanese cinema →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director → BAFTA Award for Best Direction → Golden Bear → Golden Globe Award → Golden Lion →
birthName	Lee Ang →
countryOfCitizenship	Taiwan → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1954-10-23 →
directed	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk → Brokeback Mountain → Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → Eat Drink Man Woman → Hulk → Life of Pi → Lust, Caution → Pushing Hands → Sense and Sensibility → Taking Woodstock → The Ice Storm → The Wedding Banquet →
educatedAt	National Taiwan University of Arts → New York University Tisch School of the Arts → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese →
genre	drama film → martial arts film → romantic drama film →
hasChild	Haan Lee → Mason Lee →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Mandarin Chinese →
name	Ang Lee →
notableAchievement	first non-white director to win the Academy Award for Best Director →
notableWork	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk → Brokeback Mountain → Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → Eat Drink Man Woman → Hulk → Life of Pi → Lust, Caution → Pushing Hands → Sense and Sensibility → Taking Woodstock → The Ice Storm → The Wedding Banquet →
occupation	film director → film producer → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Pingtung County, Taiwan →
residence	United States of America →
spouse	Jane Lin →
wonForWork	Academy Award for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain → Academy Award for Best Director for Life of Pi →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brokeback Mountain → Life of Pi → Sense and Sensibility (1995 film) → The Ice Storm →	director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director → New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director →	notableRecipient
85th Academy Awards →	bestDirectorWinner
Ang Lee ("Lee Ang") →	birthName
Danny Elfman →	hasCollaboratedWith
Academy Award for Best Director →	hasNotableFirstAsianWinner
Ang Lee →	name
Chinese American cinema →	notableDirector
BAFTA Award for Best Direction →	notableWinner
Greg Wise →	workedWith