Born in Taiwan in 1954, Lee studied in the United States and has worked across languages and genres, from family dramas to costume films, martial arts and fantasy. He won the Oscar for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain and for Life of Pi.
Filmography
- Pushing Hands (1991)
- The Wedding Banquet (1993)
- Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Lust, Caution (2007)
- Taking Woodstock (2009)
- Life of Pi (2012)