Ang Lee

Ang Lee

1954-10-23 Chaojhou, Pingtung, Taiwan 45 Credits

Biography

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director whose diverse set of films includes Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Hulk (2003). He won Best Director at the Academy Awards for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Life of Pi (2012).

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Lisa Lu Plays Herself

2025

as Self

Acting

At 98, Hollywood's barrier-breaking Chinese American icon tells her own story—from James Stewart's leading lady to Golden Horse triumph, revealing how...

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

2025

Original Film Writer

7.5
Writing

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in...

76 Days

76 Days

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

Steven Callahan gives a gripping first-hand account of his NYT bestselling novel "Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea." On the eve of February 4, 1982, in the...

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

as Self

6.8
Acting

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Gemini Man

Gemini Man

2019

Director

6.3
Directing

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he bec...

I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger

2017

as Self

7.4
Acting

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

2016

Producer, Director

6.0
Producing Directing

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...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - A Retrospective

2016

Acting

A three-part feature in which Cultural Critic/Film Journalist Tasha R. Robinson interviews three key members of the filmmaking team. The first feature...

A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu

A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu

2016

as Himself

Acting

In this short documentary, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee describes his appreciation for King Hu's Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen, and the inf...

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

2016

as Self

Acting

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a document...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Past Present

Past Present

2013

as Self

6.3
Acting

A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema. Saw Tiong Guan clearly established a ...

Trespassing Bergman

Trespassing Bergman

2013

as Self

6.6
Acting

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...

Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey

Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey

2013

as Self

Acting

An enormous four-part making-of documentary chronicling the four-year creation of the film, from the adaptation of the script to the extensive post-pr...

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

2012

Director, Producer

7.4
Directing Producing

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipw...

Silence

2012

as Self

Acting

Claire Denis visits Bergman's home, browses his collection, and discusses his impact on her work. Part of Trespassing Bergman.

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

2009

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happe...

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

2009

as Self

10.0
Acting

On January 22, 2008, the entertainment world was rocked by news that one of its brightest young stars had unexpectedly died. This film is a commemorat...

Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution

2007

Producer, Director

7.2
Producing Directing

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

Lights, Action, Music

Lights, Action, Music

2007

as Self

7.0
Acting

A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern grea...

Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese

2007

as Self

Acting

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winni...

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

2006

as Self

5.7
Acting

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback M...

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

2005

Director

7.8
Directing

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they ge...

A Forbidden Passion

2004

as Himself

Acting

Documentary about the making of Ang Lee's 'The Wedding Banquet.'

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

as Self

5.2
Acting

Examines the relationship between sex, women, and the role of female sexuality in popular Hollywood culture, focusing on Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfie...

Hulk

Hulk

2003

Director

5.6
Directing

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a ragin...

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

2002

as Self

5.7
Acting

Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, this in-depth documentary offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film -- from the gen...

Chosen

Chosen

2001

Director

6.3
Directing

The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk's ...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

Producer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at...

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil

1999

Director

6.4
Directing

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

1998

as Self

5.4
Acting

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explor...

The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995

Director

7.4
Directing

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

Siao Yu

Siao Yu

1995

Writer, Producer

7.4
Writing Producing

Siao Yu needs a green card. Mario Moretti needs his debts paid. Getting married could solve their problems, or multiply them.

Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994

Director, Screenplay

7.6
Directing Writing

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each da...

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

1993

as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

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...

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

1993

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.2
Directing Writing Producing

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...

Pushing Hands

Pushing Hands

1991

Director, Writer, Editor

7.3
Directing Writing Producing

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 adjustme...

Of East and West

Of East and West

1989

Acting

Gao Fei firmly believes that he will become successful if he heads all the way to the West! He flew to New York, hoping to fly high and win big. Will ...

Fine Line

Fine Line

1984

Director

Directing

Lee’s award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young woman hiding from the INS, and its blend of the comic...

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

1983

Assistant Camera

5.8

Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a tra...

I Wish I Was by That Dim Lake

1982

Director

Directing

Vic, an unprosperous actor, is torn between his dreams and real life.

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

N/A

as Self

Acting

An in-depth look at the past four decades of work by legendary martial artist, Jackie Chan.

Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A biopic about the life and career of the iconic martial artist and movie star Bruce Lee.

Old Gold Mountain

N/A

Director

Directing

A film sets at the twilight of the American “Gold Rush,” tackling the journey of two orphaned immigrants.