Ang Lee
Ang Lee | Taiwan b.1954 | Production still from Se, Jie (Lust, Caution) 2007 | 35mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 157 minutes, USA/China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, Mandarin/Japanese/English/Hindi/Shanghainese/Cantonese (English subtitles) | Image courtesy: Universal Pictures International, Sydney
b.1954 Pingtung, Taiwan
Lives and works in Larchmont, New York, United States
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee has constructed a remarkably diverse filmography, ranging from period dramas and literary adaptations to martial arts epics and human dramas that witness shifts in contemporary Taiwanese experience. Whether working in a historical idiom or in a contemporary setting, Lee brings a deeply humanist sensibility to his films. The narratives he chooses are characterised by notions of marginalisation and transformation in characters exploring their gender, sexual and cultural identity, and their filial and social duties.
