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Ang Lee
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Ang Lee

b. 1954

Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)

Born
23 Oct 1954 · Chaojhou Township
Part ofTaiwan1661 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 83 years
  1. 23 Oct 1954BornBorn in Chaojhou Township
  2. 1993AwardGolden Bear
  3. 1993AwardGolden Horse Award for Best Director
  4. 1996AwardGolden Bear
  5. 2001AwardBAFTA Award for Best Direction
  6. 2001AwardBAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
  7. 2001AwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  8. 2005AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
  9. 2005AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Director
  10. 2006AwardBAFTA Award for Best Direction
  11. 2006AwardAcademy Award for Best Director
  12. 2007AwardGolden Horse Award for Best Director
  13. 2007AwardGolden Lion

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1954 – today).

  1. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  3. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  4. 1956Suez Crisis
  5. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  7. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  11. 1968Prague Spring
  12. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  13. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  14. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  17. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  18. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  19. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  20. 1985Schengen Agreement
  21. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  22. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  23. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  25. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  27. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  29. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  30. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  31. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  32. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  33. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  34. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  35. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  36. 20112011 Norway attacks
  37. 2011Libyan civil war
  38. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  39. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  40. 20142014 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Ang Lee (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 and hidden emotions. During his career, Lee has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. He is also the only filmmaker to win the Golden Bear twice and one of only four filmmakers to win the Golden Lion twice, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2020.

Born in Pingtung County and raised in Hualien City, Taiwan, Lee graduated from what is now the National Taiwan University of Arts in 1975. After moving to the United States in 1979, he attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and New York University. He gained fame in Taiwan for the Father Knows Best trilogy—Pushing Hands (1991), The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)—which explore the relationships and conflicts between tradition, modernity, Eastern and Western.

Lee's breakthrough in Hollywood came with Sense and Sensibility (1995), which was his first English-language film. He gained further acclaim for The Ice Storm (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Lust, Caution (2007), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Life of Pi (2012). Other notable films include Hulk (2003), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), and Gemini Man (2019).

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