Ang Lee

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee first gained international acclaim with his directorial debut, Pushing Hands (1991), followed by The Wedding Banquet (1993), which secured a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. He continued this thematic exploration with Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), also receiving a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination, showcasing his ability to blend cultural specificities with universal narratives. Lee then made his English-language debut with Sense and Sensibility (1995), which garnered a Best Picture Oscar nomination and won Best Adapted Screenplay. For this critically lauded adaptation, he was recognized as Best Director by both the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle.

In 2020, he received a BAFTA Fellowship for his Outstanding Contributions to British Cinema. The following year, he was honored with the Presidential Culture Award in the arts and culture category from Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen (2021). His exceptional contributions to the arts will once again be celebrated in 2024, when he is set to receive Japan’s esteemed Praemium Imperiale award.