Ang Lee and His Stories as a Filmmaker

Ang Lee and His Stories as a Filmmaker

Ang Lee was born on October 23, 1954 in Pingtung (Taiwan). Originally from Taiwan, Ang Lee studied drama in his native country before moving to the United States in 1978. He continued his theater studies at the University of Illinois, where he was licensed. Then he took part in a film production course in New York. There he directed several short and medium-length films, he got the Fine Line award at the Festival of the institution.

                                           Lust, Caution Trailer

Ang Lee goes to feature films in 1992 with Tui shou, presented at the Berlin Film Festival, and the first of a trilogy called Father Knows Best. The filmmaker has accessed to his international recognition through the second part, The Wedding Banquet, which helped him to win the Golden Bear at Berlin and was nominated for an Oscar of the Best Foreign Film. Focusing on the clash between cultures and generations, this comedy of manners narratives the white wedding organized by a young gay man to meet his parents. The following year, Salty Sweet closes the study in three parts of Chinese society.

                                          Sense and Sensibility Trailer

In 1995, Ang Lee began his movie Sense and Sensibility, which directly  from the novel by Jane Austen. Adaptation signed by Emma Thompson, who is also on camera alongside Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. Covered with awards, this film is nicely designed that it wins the Best Screenplay Oscar, Golden Globe for Best Picture and the Golden Bear in Berlin. Thereafter, Ang Lee directs the more recent movie The Ice Storm, in which it evokes the decay of a family unit at the time of Watergate and sexual liberation.

                                           Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Trailer

Ang Lee revisits the western (Ride with the Devil) with Tobey Maguire and tries to superhero movie (Hulk, 2003), but by enrolling in another tradition, that Wu-xia-pian (the "sword Chinese film"), he knows the consecration: the Coaching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is this film that he gets a triumph in the world and earns him the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Globe for Best Director.

                                          Brokeback Mountain Trailer

In 2004, Ang Lee creates new movie with Brokeback Mountain. In this movie, he tells a story of the impossible love between two cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal). It is a daring work hailed by critics, however, it helps him to get a Lion Gold in Venice in 2005. The same reward has already been awarded two years later in Lust, Caution, in which, as other films he has directed, Ang Lee mixes several genres. This time, it narratives a historical epic film on espionage and erotic story.

In 2009, the Taiwanese filmmaker surprised its fans by signing a comedy genre which he is unaccustomed. With bittersweet Woodstock, he returns to the musical film. It is hard to say whether he will change his genre in the future, but he is going to take challenges, because he is so ambitious a filmmaker that he always wants to contribute himself with new and excellent movies to its audiences.