Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. He is most known for his films, Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Ice Storm (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Lust, Caution (2007), and Life of Pi (2012).
Three of Lee's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) winning.The other two nominations were The Wedding banquet (1993), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). His films Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Life of Pi (2012) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also received ten British Academy Film Award nominations winning four awards for Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Brokeback Mountain. In 2020 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding Contributions to British Cinema. He has also received 11 Golden Globe Award nominations, 8 Independent Spirit Award nominations, and 8 Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations. He has been honored by the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. His films have also premiered and competed at the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.
Lee has received various honors including the Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2012 from the French Government.[1] In 2021, he became a Knight of the French highest honour Legion of Honor.[2][3]
Major associations
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 1994 |
Best Feature |
The Wedding Banquet |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| 1994 |
Best Director |
The Wedding Banquet |
Nominated |
| 1995 |
Eat Drink Man Woman |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| 2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 1994 |
Best Screenplay |
The Wedding Banquet |
Nominated |
| 1995 |
Eat Drink Man Woman |
Nominated |
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 1995 |
Best Picture |
Sense and Sensibility |
Won |
| 2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
| 2006 |
Best Director |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
| 2000 |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| 2007 |
Lust Caution |
Nominated |
Festival awards
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 1997 |
Palme d'Or |
The Ice Storm |
Nominated |
|
| 2009 |
Taking Woodstock |
Nominated |
|
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 1993 |
Golden Bear |
The Wedding Banquet |
Won |
|
| 1996 |
Sense and Sensibility |
Won |
|
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2005 |
Golden Lion |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
|
| 2007 |
Lust, Caution |
Won |
|
Guild awards
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2001 |
PGA Award – Motion Pictures |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
| Year |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
Ref. |
| 1996 |
DGA Award – Motion Pictures |
Sense and Sensibility |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| 2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
Miscellaneous awards
Critics awards
| Year |
Award |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
1995 |
Sense and Sensibility |
Won |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Film |
2005 |
Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle |
Best Film |
2005 |
Won |
| Best Director |
2005 |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association |
Best Film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Director |
2005 |
Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics |
Best Director |
1995 |
Sense and Sensibility |
Won |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Film |
1995 |
Sense and Sensibility |
Won |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Foreign language film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association |
Best Film |
2000 |
Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association |
Best Director |
1997 |
The Ice Storm |
Nominated |
| 2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Best Film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Best Foreign language film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Won |
| Best Director |
2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Film |
Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association |
Best Film |
Won |
| Best Director |
Won |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| Online Film Critics Society |
Best Director |
2000 |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Best Picture |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle |
Best Film |
2000 |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Director |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle |
Best Film |
2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| Best Director |
Won |
| Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2007 |
Lust, Caution |
Nominated |
| Best Film |
2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Won |
| 2012 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
| César Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
2007 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Bodil Awards |
Best American Film |
1999 |
The Ice Storm |
Won |
| 2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| Best Non-American Film |
2001 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Won |
| David di Donatello |
Best Foreign Film |
2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Nominated |
| 2013 |
Life of Pi |
Nominated |
Government orders and decorations
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