The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Meryl]

From an interview with Ang Lee for Dark Horizons:

Question: Did people assume you were a gay filmmaker?

Ang Lee: At the time, I thought they were gay movies. But why was it so widely accepted by everybody, it was the biggest hit in Taiwan. They had never seen men kiss before. That was the first one and you could hear the collective gasp from a thousand people, and then they settle down and watch the rest of the movie. They loved the movie. Because we won the Golden Bear in Berlin, it was rated PG, a family movie, but it was R-rated in the states. There was a lot of confusion where it belongs. It was definitely a mainstream movie. I don't know, it does feel gay but real to you.

[Fran]

Taiwanese director Ang Lee was one of the first Chinese-born directors to find critical and commercial success on both sides of the Pacific.

[southendmd]

After Lee wrote a couple of screenplays, he eventually appeared on the film scene with Tui shou (1992) (aka Pushing Hands), a dramatic-comedy reflecting on generational conflicts and cultural adaptation, centering on the metaphor of the grandfather's Tai-Chi technique of "Pushing Hands".  Tui shou was co-written by James Schamus, who has a cameo as the voice on an answering machine.

[memento]

Ang Lee went to the U.S. in 1979 to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he completed his bachelor's in theater in 1980.

[Fran]

"Eclectic helmer Ang Lee has shown a versatility and talent that makes me think that there is nothing that this man can't do behind the camera."

-- Robert Clifford, Reeling:  The Movie Review Show

[southendmd]

In 1994, Ang made the film Eat, Drink, Man Woman to critical acclaim.

[memento]

Ang Lee made The Wedding Banquet (aka Xǐyàn in Mandarin) in 1993.

[memento]

  Round 490!
And The Oscar Goes to . . .  Ang Lee!

[Fran]

"Director Ang Lee has, long ago, proven himself to be a world-class filmmaker, and he brings his assured experience to the helm of Brokeback Mountain." 

-- Robert Clifford, Reeling:  The Movie Review Show

[Meryl]

In the high budget, special effects laden blockbuster Hulk, Ang Lee directed actor Eric Bana in the role of Bruce Banner.