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]
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
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
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
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
1997
Palme d'Or
The Ice Storm
Nominated
2009
Taking Woodstock
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
1993
Golden Bear
The Wedding Banquet
Won
1996
Sense and Sensibility
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
2005
Golden Lion
Brokeback Mountain
Won
2007
Lust, Caution
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
2001
PGA Award – Motion Pictures
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Nominated
2012
Life of Pi
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
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
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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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^ "Film in 2013" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved July 25, 2021 .
^ "Film in 2021" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved July 25, 2021 .
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^ "2001 Hugo Awards" . Hugo Awards . World Science Fiction Society . September 3, 2001. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2022 .
^ AFP (November 27, 2012). "Les Arts et Lettres pour Emmanuelle Béart et Ang Lee" . lefigaro.fr. Retrieved November 27, 2012 .
^ "Le réalisateur taïwanais Ang Lee fait Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur par la France" . taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021 .
^ "Taiwan director Ang Lee conferred with France's highest distinction" . Taiwan news . 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021 .