In 1990, Taiwan's "Information Bureau" collected excellent scripts. In order to obtain the excellent script bonus, Ang Lee wrote a movie script " Pushing Hands ". The script not only won a bonus of 400,000 yuan for Ang Lee, but also gave him the first opportunity to direct a film independently-China Film Corporation used the method of contract shooting to let Ang Lee shoot "Pushing Hands"
. The film was released on December 7, 1991. It was the first part of Ang Lee's "Father Trilogy". It was nominated for the Special Jury
of the 28th Golden Horse Awards , and Ang Lee was nominated for Best Director
.
In 1993, directed the feature film " The Wedding Banquet " co-starred by Winston Chao , Pual Lang and Yalei Gui
. This film was the second part of the "Father Trilogy"
and won the Golden Bear Award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
, Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards , Nominated
for The Fifty-first Americafilm and Television Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
, and Ang Lee won the Best Director Award at the 30th Golden Horse Awards for this film
.
In 1994, filmed the feature film " Eat Drink Man Woman " co-starring Pual Lang, Jacklyn Wu and Yang Kuei-Mei . This film was the last of the "Father Trilogy"
and won The 67th annual Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Nomination
, 52nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards Film Category-Best Foreign Language Film Nomination
, 48th British Film Academy Awards Film Award-Best Non-English Film Nomination
, Ang Lee himself won the 31st Golden Horse for this film Awards for best original screenplay nomination
.
On April 22, 1995, the feature film " Siao Yu " , which he produced and participated in the screenwriting, was released
. With this film, Ang Lee was nominated for the best adapted screenplay in the 32nd Golden Horse Awards
; on December 13, it was based on Jane Austen 's novel of the same name. shooting feature film " Sense and Sensibility " was released, it was Ang Lee directed the first film in English by Emma Thompson , Hugh Grant , Kate Winslet co-stars
, the film won the 46th Berlin international film Festival Golden Bear award
, Ang Lee is get the 53rd American film and television Golden Globe for best director nomination
, 49nd British Academy film Awards , David Lynn best director nomination
.
In 1997, he directed the feature film " The Ice Storm " co-starring Kevin Kline , Joan Allen and Sigourney Weaver
, which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 1999, based on Daniel Woodrell’s novel of the same name, he filmed the war drama " Ride with the Devil ". The film was co-starred by Skeet Ulrich , Tobey Maguire , and Jeffrey Wright
. With this film, Ang Lee won the French Devil Film Festival. American Director's Special Achievement Award
.
On July 7, 2000, the directed martial arts drama " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " was released. The film was co-starred by Chow Yun Fat , Yeoh Choo Kheng , and Zhang Ziyi . The final box office in North America was US$128 million and the global box office was US$214 million. Became the first foreign language film in the history of American cinema to exceed $100 million at the box office
, and won the 73nd Oscars Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. Ang Lee won the Best Director Award at the 58th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards
, and the 54th UK Film Academy Award David Lynn Award for Best Director
.
On May 10, 2001, Ang Lee was awarded an "Honorary Doctorate" degree by New York University in recognition of his achievements in film
; in the same year, the directed car commercial short film " The Hire: Chosen " was broadcast
. On June 1, 2003, the feature film " TheLastRide " was released as a producer
; on June 17, the directed superhero film " Hulk " was released, which was co-starred by Eric Bana , Jennifer Lynn Connelly , and Nick Nolte
.
December 9, 2005, according to Annie Proulx feature film of the same name short story taken " Brokeback Mountain " was released, Directed by Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal , heathy , Anne Hathaway starred
, won the 62nd Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Award
, Ang Lee won the Best Director Award at The 78th Annual Academy Awards for this film, becoming the first Asian director to receive the award
.
On June 17, 2006, Ang Lee won the Outstanding Contribution Award for No Chinese Film
. On September 24, 2007, the feature film " Lust, Caution " directed by Zhang Ailing 's novel of the same name was released. The film was co-starred by Tang Wei , Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Alexander Lee Hom Wang
and won the 64th Venice International Film Festival gold. Lion Award
, Ang Lee won the 44th Golden Horse Awards Best Director Award and Taiwan Outstanding Film Worker Award for the film
.
In February 2009, Ang Lee was invited to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 66th Venice International Film Festival
; on August 26, according to Elliott Taber’s memoir "Taking Woodstock: A True Story about Disturbance, Concert and Life" The filming of the musical comedy " Taking Woodstock " was released
. The film was co-starred by Demetri Martin and Henry Goodman , and was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival
.
On November 21, 2012, the directed 3D adventure adventure film " Life of Pi " was released. The film was starred by Suraj Sharma
and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Movies of the Year" by Time Magazine
. Ang Lee won the award for this film. the 85th Oscars best director award
; at the end of 11, Ang Lee was awarded the French Ministry of culture " Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ", in recognition of his achievements in the field of film art
.
On April 24, 2013, Ang Lee was invited to be a member of the jury of the main competition unit of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival
; on September 2, he was invited to be the chairman of the jury of the 50th Golden Horse Awards
. On June 24, 2014, the action thriller " Tyrant " premiered as a producer
.
In March 2016, 25 filmmakers , including Ruby Yang and Jessica Yu , submitted a letter of protest to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences committee to protest against the discriminatory remarks of Oscars
; November 11, based on Ben Fantine’s novel of the same name The war drama " Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk " was released, which was co-starred by Joe Alwyn , Kristen Stewart and Chris Tucker
.
On May 3, 2017, he appeared in the documentary " I am Heaty "
; at the end of November, Ang Lee succeeded Sylvia Chang as the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards executive committee
.
On August 15, 2018, Ang Lee received the DGA Lifetime Honor Award
. October 11, 2019, directed the sci-fi action thriller " Gemini Man " was released, Directed by Willard Christopher Smith Jr starred
.
On August 25, 2020, at the 10th Beijing International Film Festival Director’s Master Class Lecture, he was the keynote speaker on the theme of Oriental Expression and Digital Technology.
On April 6, 2021, Ang Lee was awarded the 74th BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award ceremony will be held on April 11
.