Ang Lee
Awards & Honours
78
Awards Won
8
Honours
5
Rankings
2
Covers
3
Records
Ang Lee's career is marked by historic achievements. He is the only director to have won the Academy Award for Best Director for two different films, and the only filmmaker to win the Golden Lion at Venice twice. His film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon remains the highest-grossing foreign-language film in U.S. history. Lee has been recognized with lifetime achievement awards from the Directors Guild of America and the Taipei Film Festival. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024, cementing his status as a global cinematic icon.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon
Highest civilian honor in Taiwan
Order of the Republic of China
High Taiwanese honor
Lifetime Achievement Award
For outstanding directorial achievement
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Honorary degree
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Honorary degree
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard
Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
French cultural honor
Induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Membership in prestigious honorary society
Rankings & Lists
TIME 100 Most Influential People
TIME 100 Most Influential People
100 Greatest Directors
50 Best Directors
100 Greatest Directors
Magazine Covers
TIME
2006-03-06
Ang Lee: The Director
TIME
2012-11-26
Ang Lee's Life of Pi
Records & Feats
Only director to win two Golden Lions at Venice
Lee won the Golden Lion for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Lust, Caution (2007), the only director to achieve this.
First Asian director to win Oscar for Best Director
Lee won the Academy Award for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain in 2006.
Highest-grossing foreign-language film in U.S. history
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon grossed $128 million domestically, a record for a foreign-language film.