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Ang Lee
Director 71 years old

Ang Lee

Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan

Ang Lee OBS (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, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

14 titles
Gemini Man

Gemini Man

Ang Lee 2019 1h 57m 5.0

Ageing assassin, Henry Brogen tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle—fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him, and at the peak of his abilities.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Ang Lee 2016 1h 53m 6.0

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Ang Lee 2012 2h 7m 7.9

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

Ang Lee 2009 2h 7.3

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Se, jie

Se, jie

Ang Lee 2007 6.9

An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

Ang Lee 2005 2h 14m 8.0

Brokeback Mountain is an Ang Lee film about two modern day cowboys who meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63. The two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a life long relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

Hulk

Hulk

Ang Lee 2003 2h 18m 6.1

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry

Wo hu cang long

Wo hu cang long

Ang Lee 2000 2h 7.7

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is an epic Chinese martial arts film. Ang Lee delivers in a classical storytelling manner breathtaking landscapes exciting fight scenes and many unforgettably beautiful images.

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil

Ang Lee 1999 2h 18m 7.3

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

Ang Lee 1997 1h 53m 7.9

1973, suburban Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control.

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Ang Lee 1995 2h 16m 7.7

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

Yin shi nan nu

Yin shi nan nu

Ang Lee 1994 2h 3m 8.5

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Xi yan

Xi yan

Ang Lee 1993 1h 48m 8.0

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Tui shou

Tui shou

Ang Lee 1991 1h 45m

Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.

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