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Ang Lee "Lee accepting the Best Foreign Film award for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the 73rd Academy Award" Lee accepting the Best Foreign Film award for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the 73rd Academy Award (Chinese: 李安; Pinyin: Lǐ Ān ) (born October 23, 1954Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning film director from Taiwan.

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Early life

Ang Lee was born and raised in Pingtung, Taiwan and educated in the United States, where he found success as a Hollywood director, well-known for his wuxia film (2000).

He completed his bachelor's degree in Theater from the University of Illinois and received his MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where in 1984 he made a thesis film called

Career

Many of his films have focused on the interactions between modernity and tradition. His films have also tended to have a light-hearted comic tone which marks a break from the tragic historical realism which characterized Taiwanese filmmaking after the end of the martial law period in 1987. Lee's films also tend to draw on deep secrets and internal torment that begin to come to the surface such as the gay-themed films (2003)

He received the Dartmouth Film Award in 2002, along with Meryl Streep.

Lee's film (2005) won the best film award at the Venice International Film Festival, was named 2005's best film by the Los Angeles film critics. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, with Lee winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture. Ang Lee is also nominated for the 78th Academy Award Best Director, and Brokeback Mountain is nominated for Best Picture of the year. Brokeback Mountain has been nominated for a total of 8 Academy Awards.

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Private life

His wife, Jane, is a microbiologist; they have two children, Haan and Mason. He is a huge fan of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.

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