Ang Lee

Ang Lee (born 23 October 1954) is a Taiwanese movie director. He has directed movies like Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hulk and Brokeback Mountain. He has won Academy Awards (Oscars) for Brokeback Mountain and 'Life of Pi'.

Biography
Ang Lee was born in 1954 in a town called Chaozhou, Pingtung, TaiwanHo Yi. Family and friends praise Ang Lee's quiet dedication. Taipei Times. 7 March 2006. He went to the National Tainan First Senior High School where his father was the principal, and then to the National Arts School. He graduated in 1975. In 1979, he went to the United States and studied theater at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He got his Master's degree at New York University, and he worked there with another famous director called Spike Lee.

Films
1993: The Wedding Banquet
1994: Eat Drink Man Woman
1995: Sense and Sensibility
1997: The Ice Storm
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2003: Hulk
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2007: Lust, Caution
2012: Life of Pi

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Category:Academy Award winning directors
Category:Taiwanese movie directors
Category:1954 births
Category:Living people