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Ang Lee Timeline

Ang Lee is born in Pingtung, Taiwan. He graduates from Tainan First Senior High School. He graduates from the National Taiwan College of Arts. He leaves Taiwan to attend the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and graduates with a B.F.A. in Theatre/Theater Direction. He attends New York University and graduates with a Masters Degree in Film Production. He marries Jane Lin. His wife Jane Lin gives birth to Haan Lee. For the next six years he is unemployed. He works as a house-husband, taking care of the kids and house choirs. His wife Jane Lin gives birth to Mason Lee. He directs Pushing Hands. He directs The Wedding Banquet. He directs Eat Drink Man Woman. He directs Sense and Sensibility, starring Hugh Grant. He directs The Ice Storm, starring Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, and Christina Ricci. He directs Ride with the Devil , starring Tobey Maguire. He directs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. "Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western." He gets a Golden Globe for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He directs Hulk, starring Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, and Nick Nolte. "Personally I do believe everyone has a Hulk side. That's by my definition the survival instinct, the alter-ego. It's so scary and violent that we have to cover it up we can look at ourselves in the mirror and relate to other people, to enable us to deal with social life. It doesn't have a logic - that's the kind of Hulk I would like to touch ... " He directs Brokeback Mountain, nased on the story by E. Annie Proulx and starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michelle Williams. "There's a private feeling to the movie, an intimate feeling. I think eventually everybody has a 'Brokeback Mountain' in them. Someone you want to come back to. And of course, some people don't come back." He wins a Golden Globe for Brokeback Mountain. He wins the Directors Guild of America Award for Brokeback Mountain. He wins the Academy Award for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain.