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8 unusual facts about Ang Lee


Ang Li

Ang Lee (born 1954), Taiwanese-born American film director

Berry Pomeroy

The church features in the final wedding scene of Ang Lee's 1995 film Sense and Sensibility.

Chinese-American Planning Council

, Major John Fugh (1994), film director Ang Lee (1996), Nobel Prize winner Dr. Daniel C. Tsui (1999), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn (2011), and others.

Crossing Hennessy

It is a return to film both for Cheung, who has not appeared in a film for several years, and for Tang, who was banned from acting in mainland China after appearing in Ang Lee's 2007 Lust, Caution.

Ennis Del Mar

Ennis del Mar (Del Mar in the film) is the fictional main character of the short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee.

Jack Twist

Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he was portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Warrior and the Wolf

Due to Tang's role in Ang Lee's sexually explicit Lust, Caution, however, she was banned from acting in mainland productions by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television.

Whitney Crothers Dilley

Dilley's Ang Lee book was listed as a bestseller on Amazon.com within a month of its publication, demonstrating growing scholarly interest in the films of Ang Lee, whose films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain both became cultural milestones in the American media.


Garson Yu

Since the company’s inception, Garson has collaborated with many filmmakers for his title design work including Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, John Woo, Sydney Pollack, and Ridley and Tony Scott.

Geling Yan

Several of Yan's works have been adapted for film, including Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, which was directed by Joan Chen, and Siao Yu, directed by Sylvia Chang and screenplay co-written by Ang Lee.

Hui-Ling Wang

Hui-Ling started her career with co-writing the script of Eat Drink Man Woman with director Ang Lee and James Schamus.

In the City of Sylvia

En la Ciudad de Sylvia was nominated for the 2007 Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, although the award was eventually presented to Ang Lee for 'Lust, Caution'.

Rhythm and Hues Studios

By the time Rhythm & Hues began to work on the 2012 Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, the company had become a global one with offices and artists in India (the Mumbai suburb of Malad and HITEC City which is a part of Hyderabad), Malaysia (Cyberjaya just outside of Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Vancouver), and Taiwan (Kaohsiung).

Timmy Yip

Tim has collaborated with film directors of international acclaim such as John Woo, Ang Lee, Tsai Ming Liang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong, Stanley Kwan, Chen Guofu, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang etc.

UIUC College of Fine and Applied Arts

Ang Lee, B.A. 1980m, Academy Award-winning movie director (Best Director, 2005, Brokeback Mountain)


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