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Ang Lee

DirectorHollywood3 credits
46Star power

546th of 1,031 in Hollywood

2 films led, $782M in reported gross.

Gross led
53
Consistency
80
Body of work
0
Momentum
35
Audience rating
45
The biggest Hollywood names
Born
23 October 1954
Birthplace
臺灣屏東縣潮州鎮
Nationality
China
Industry
Hollywood
In their own file

Ang Lee OBS (Chinese: 李安; pinyin: Lǐ Ān; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Born in Pingtung County, Lee gained fame in Taiwan for the Father Knows Best trilogy, including Pushing Hands (1991), The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, and between Eastern and Western cultures. His breakthrough in Hollywood came with Sense and Sensibility (1995), which was his first English-language film. His other notable films include The Ice Storm (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003), Lust, Caution (2007), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Life of Pi (2012), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), Gemini Man (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ang Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The record

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3 of 3 credits have a verdict, together taking $996M. The biggest was Life of Pi at $609M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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