Ang Lee
Ang Lee( born 23 October 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker.
Born in the Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States for further study.
His filmmaking career has seen him experience international critical and popular acclaim and a range of accolades.
Lee garnered success with" Pushing Hands"( 1991)," The Wedding Banquet"( 1993), and" Eat Drink Man Woman"( 1994), which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, Eastern and Western; the three films are informally known as the Father Knows Best trilogy.
The films garnered Lee success both in his native Taiwan and internationally, precipitating his arrival in Hollywood with" Sense and Sensibility"( 1995), for which he received critical praise and a number of accolades.
He went on to direct films in a broad range of genres, including the drama" The Ice Storm"( 1997); the Western" Ride with the Devil"( 1999); the martial arts" wuxia" drama" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"( 2000); the superhero blockbuster" Hulk"( 2003); the romantic drama" Brokeback Mountain"( 2005); the erotic espionage period drama" Lust, Caution"( 2007); and the magic realist survival film" Life of Pi"( 2012).
Much of Lee's work is known for its emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions, which commentators believe is responsible for his success in offsetting cultural barriers and achieving international recognition.
Lee has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, of which he has won three: Best Foreign Language Film for" Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and Best Director for" Brokeback Mountain" and" Life of Pi", becoming the first non-white person to win the latter.
For" The Wedding Banquet" and" Sense and Sensibility", Lee won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival; for" Brokeback Mountain" and" Lust Caution", he won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Lee is one of four directors to win the Golden Lion twice and the sole filmmaker to have been awarded the Golden Bear twice.
Lee has also been awarded Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe and British Academy Film Awards, among others, and is the recipient of the Order of Brilliant Star, the second highest civilian honor bestowed by the government of Taiwan.
Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman is a 1994 Taiwanese comedy- drama film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu- wen Wang, Chien- lien Wu, and Kuei-mei Yang.
The film was released on 3 August 1994, and it was both a critical and box office success.
In 1994, the film received the Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Film, and in 1995 it received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
The title is a quote from the" Book of Rites", one of the Confucian classics, referring to the basic human desires and accepting them as natural.
The beginning of the quote reads as follows:
“ The things which men greatly desire are comprehended in meat and drink and sexual pleasure; ”( Translation by James Legge), Chinese:.
Many of the cast members had appeared in Ang Lee's previous films.
Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua played central elderly figures dealing with the transition from tradition to modernity in" The Wedding Banquet", in which Winston Chao also starred.
Sihung Lung played an immigrant father in" Pushing Hands".
These three films show the tensions between the generations of a Confucian family, between East and West, and between tradition and modernity.
They form what has been called Lee's" Father Knows Best" trilogy.
The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary( and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act.
The cast included real- life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham, Rosetta LeNoire, Howard Hesseman, and Ron Rifkin in supporting roles.
This would be Matthau's last Neil Simon movie until 1982's" I Ought to Be in Pictures" with Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff.
Sihung Lung
Sihung Lung( c. 1930 – May 2, 2002) was a Taiwanese movie and TV actor.
He appeared in over 100 films and TV series throughout his career and was best known for playing paternal roles in films such as" Eat Drink Man Woman" and" The Wedding Banquet".
He frequently collaborated with award- winning director Ang Lee.
Peter Levin
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Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross( May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film.
Ian Barry (director)
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Wang Yu-wen (Taiwanese actress)
Wang Yu-wen( born 29 July 1971) is a Taiwanese actress.
She appeared in Tsai Ming- liang's 1992 film" Rebels of the Neon God".
She then had a starring role in Ang Lee's 1994 film" Eat Drink Man Woman".
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup is a 2001 American comedy- drama film directed by María Ripoll.
The screenplay by Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez and Vera Blasi is based on the film" Eat Drink Man Woman", which was written by Hui-Ling Wang, Ang Lee, and James Schamus.
Pushing Hands (film)
Pushing Hands is a film directed by Ang Lee.
Released in 1991, it was his first feature film.
Together with Ang Lee's two following films," The Wedding Banquet"( 1993) and" Eat Drink Man Woman"( 1994), it forms his" Father Knows Best" trilogy, each of which deals with conflicts between an older and more traditional generation and their children as they confront a world of change.
The film was first released in Taiwan.
After" The Wedding Banquet" and" Eat Drink Man Woman" became successful in the United States," Pushing Hands" received a U.S. release.

Question: Do director of film Eat Drink Man Woman and director of film The Sunshine Boys (1975 Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no