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Ang Lee

23 October 1954 – present

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director, producer and screenwriter. He moved to the United States for film study and directed works spanning Mandarin-language family dramas, English-language period adaptations and large-scale visual features. He won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.

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Born in Pingtung County, Taiwan
23 October 1954

He was born to parents who had moved to Taiwan from mainland China.

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Graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts
1975

He studied theatre and film after twice failing the university entrance examination.

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Moved to the United States to study theatre at the University of Illinois
1979

He completed a bachelor's degree in theatre at Urbana-Champaign.

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Married the microbiologist Jane Lin
1983

The couple settled in the United States and had two sons.

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Completed a master's degree in film production at New York University
1984

His thesis film Fine Line won awards at the university's annual festival.

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Directed his first feature, Pushing Hands
1991

The film began a trilogy of Mandarin-language works about family life, followed by The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman.

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Won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Wedding Banquet
1993

The award marked his first major international prize.

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Directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000

The wuxia film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and became a widely distributed Chinese-language release.

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Won the Academy Award for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain
2006

He was the first Asian director to win the award.

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Won a second Academy Award for Best Director for Life of Pi
2013

The adaptation of Yann Martel's novel also won awards for cinematography and visual effects.

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