Ang Lee3

Born 1954 in Taiwan, Lee studied in Taiwan, then earned BFA in Theatre Direction in Illinois & an MFA at NYU, where he worked as AD on Spike Lee’s student film. He broke through with Pushing Hands (1991), followed by The Wedding Banquet (1993), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Ice Storm (1997), Ride with the Devil (1999), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005) & Life of Pi (2012), winning two Best Director Oscars.