Ang Lee

Ang Lee ’84/Hon. ’01 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The son of a high school principal with traditional ideas about education, Lee chose to study theater in America instead. He went on to get an M.F.A. in Film Production at NYU. In 1990, Lee made his first feature, Pushing Hands. His films include The Wedding Banquet (Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival), Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility (Golden Bear), The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Oscar, Best Foreign Film), Hulk, Brokeback Mountain (Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival and Oscar, Best Director), Lust, Caution (Golden Lion), Taking Woodstock, Life of Pi (Oscar, Best Director), Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, and Gemini Man. He lives in New York with his wife.

Ang Lee photo courtesy of © 2019 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Photo credit: Brian Bowen Smith