Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Ang Lee OBSis a Taiwanese-born Chinese-American film director, screenwriter and producer...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1954
CityPingtung, Taiwan
CountryChina
want projects zone
It's just what I am. When I am in the zone making one movie, I just didn't want to read anything else or do anything else, so I don't really develop projects.
art chinese film
Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western
father please
My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.
favourite-city cities san-francisco
San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.
long easier long-time
I make movies for a long time. It doesn't get easier.
movie actors repression
I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.
quiet busy feels
If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.
writing care i-dont-care
I don't care about writing really.
heart debut
Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.
roots
My cultural roots are something illusive.
stories love-story dramatic
I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.
dad
I'm just a pretty regular dad.
world
With 3D you're right there immersed in the world.
acting example different
Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.