Ang Lee

About Ang Lee

Taiwanese director best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a fantasy action picture released in 2000. For his work on the American films Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi, he won Academy Awards for Best Director.

Ang Lee before fame

During his first few years in the entertainment world, he was a stay-at-home dad.

Achievement of Ang Lee

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which featured revolutionary action scene choreography and cinematography, became the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history, earning an estimated $128 million in the United States. It was made on a shoestring budget of under $20 million and grossed around $210 million worldwide.

Ang Lee family life

Mason and Haan are his two boys from his marriage to Jane Lin in 1983.

Associations of Ang Lee

In 2003, he directed the superhero blockbuster Hulk, starring Eric Bana as the titular character.

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