Ang Lee

3 Mar 2013

Last Sunday night, Ben Affleck's Argo was named the best motion picture of the year at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony while Ang Lee received the best director honour for Life of Pi.

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Ang Lee's Oscar shows Asian cinema has come of age

27 Feb 2013

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee competed against the likes of Steven Spielberg and won his second Oscar for best director for Life of Pi. While he was not the hands-down favourite, his victory was not...

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Taiwan cheers Ang Lee's Life of Pi Oscar success

26 Feb 2013

As Lee thanked his team and his wife, Jane Lin, when accepting the award on stage, Taiwan's people rejoiced at his victory over strong contenders, including Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) and Michael...

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Ang Lee mulls directing historical epic ‘Cleopatra’

19 Jan 2013

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee said on Saturday he will “probably” accept an offer to direct historical epic “Cleopatra” starring Angelina Jolie, after the Hollywood actress wrote to him asking...

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Movie review: Life of Pi

27 Nov 2012

Life of Pi is a best-selling and award-winning novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. The story revolves around an Indian boy named Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel who finds himself stranded in a...

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Ang Lee's wild ride to bring 'Life of Pi' to the screen

25 Nov 2012

As Ang Lee tells it, he was destined for the difficult task of turning Yann Martel's philosophical novel Life of Pi into a film.

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Ang Lee talks about risks and spirituality of 'Life of Pi'

Gay cowboy drama “Brokeback Mountain” may have been considered a risky film to make, but director Ang Lee said his new movie, “Life of Pi,” a 3D exploration of faith about a boy stranded on a boat...

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Springtime for Hitler somewhere over a law awards rainbow

There was unexpected entertainment at the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards recently.

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Talking Points

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Film Postcard: New York

Eclectic, progressive, traditional, and nostalgic are among the somewhat contrasting adjectives that could be applied to the New York Film Festival (NYFF), which, for the past 17 days, has been...

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'Lust' not Taiwanese enough for foreign Oscar

If Ang Lee's latest hit, the made-in-China spy thriller Lust, Caution, is to win an Oscar, it will have to go up against the best of Hollywood, as did his previous, made-in-America epic Brokeback...

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In Brief

Ang Lee tells young filmmakers not to let market limit creativity

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