List of awards and nominations received by Ang Lee

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. He is most known for his films, Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Ice Storm (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Lust, Caution (2007), and Life of Pi (2012).

Three of Lee's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) winning.The other two nominations were The Wedding banquet (1993), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). His films Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Life of Pi (2012) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also received ten British Academy Film Award nominations winning four awards for Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Brokeback Mountain. In 2020 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding Contributions to British Cinema. He has also received 11 Golden Globe Award nominations, 8 Independent Spirit Award nominations, and 8 Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations. He has been honored by the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. His films have also premiered and competed at the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.

Lee has received various honors including the Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2012 from the French Government.^[1] In 2021, he became a Knight of the French highest honour Legion of Honor.^[2]^[3]

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Picture	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated	^[4]
2001	Best Director	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated	^[4]
2006	Best Picture	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	^[5]
2006	Best Director	Brokeback Mountain	Won	^[5]
2013	Best Picture	Life of Pi	Nominated	^[6]
2013	Best Director	Life of Pi	Won	^[6]

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Best Film Not in the English Language	Eat Drink Man Woman	Nominated	^[7]
1995	Best Film	Sense and Sensibility	Won	^[8]
1995	Best Director	Sense and Sensibility	Nominated	^[8]
2000	Best Film	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated	^[9]
	Best Director		Won
	Best Film Not in the English Language		Won
2005	Best Director	Brokeback Mountain	Won	^[10]
2007	Best Film Not in the English Language	Lust, Caution	Nominated	^[11]
2012	Best Film	Life of Pi	Nominated	^[12]
2012	Best Director	Life of Pi	Nominated	^[12]
2020	BAFTA Fellowship		Received	^[13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Director	Sense and Sensibility	Nominated	^[14]
2000		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
2005		Brokeback Mountain	Won
2012		Life of Pi	Nominated
1994	Best Foreign Language Film	The Wedding Banquet	Nominated
1995		Eat Drink Man Woman	Nominated
2001		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
2008		Lust, Caution	Nominated
1995	Best Motion Picture – Drama	Sense and Sensibility	Won
2005		Brokeback Mountain	Won
2012		Life of Pi	Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1994	Best Feature	The Wedding Banquet	Nominated
2001	Best Feature	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
1994	Best Director	The Wedding Banquet	Nominated
1995		Eat Drink Man Woman	Nominated
2001		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
2006		Brokeback Mountain	Won
1994	Best Screenplay	The Wedding Banquet	Nominated
1995	Best Screenplay	Eat Drink Man Woman	Nominated

Critics' Choice Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	Best Picture	Sense and Sensibility	Won
2000		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
2006		Brokeback Mountain	Won
2012		Life of Pi	Nominated
2006	Best Director	Brokeback Mountain	Won
2012	Best Director	Life of Pi	Nominated
2000	Best Foreign Language Film	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
2007	Best Foreign Language Film	Lust Caution	Nominated

Festival awards

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1997	Palme d'Or	The Ice Storm	Nominated
2009	Palme d'Or	Taking Woodstock	Nominated

Berlin International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1993	Golden Bear	The Wedding Banquet	Won
1996	Golden Bear	Sense and Sensibility	Won

Venice Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Golden Lion	Brokeback Mountain	Won
2007	Golden Lion	Lust, Caution	Won

Guild awards

Producers Guild of America Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	PGA Award – Motion Pictures	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
2012	PGA Award – Motion Pictures	Life of Pi	Nominated

Directors Guild of America Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	DGA Award – Motion Pictures	Sense and Sensibility	Nominated
2001		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
2006		Brokeback Mountain	Won
2012		Life of Pi	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
NBR Award	Best Director	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Won
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Foreign Language Film	1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Won
	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Best film	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Won
Saturn Award	Best Direction	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
	Best Direction	2012	Life of Pi	Nominated
	Best Action or Adventure Film	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Best Science Fiction Film	2003	Hulk	Nominated
	Best Fantasy Film	2012	Life of Pi	Won
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Feature Film	1993	The Wedding Banquet	Won
		1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Nominated
		2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
		2007	Lust, Caution	Won
	Best Director	1991	Pushing Hands	Nominated
		1993	The Wedding Banquet	Won
		2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
		2007	Lust, Caution	Won
Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon^[15]	Won
AACTA Awards	Best Foreign Film	1998	The Ice Storm	Nominated
	Best Foreign Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Best Direction – International	2012	Life of Pi	Nominated

Critics awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Won
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Film	2005		Won
London Film Critics' Circle	Best Film	2005		Won
	Best Director	2005		Won
	Best Director	2012	Life of Pi	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Director	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Won
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Film	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Won
	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Foreign language film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Director	1997	The Ice Storm	Nominated
		2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
		2005	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
	Best Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Film			Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Film			Won
	Best Director			Won
	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
Online Film Critics Society	Best Director	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
	Best Picture	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
	Best Picture	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
	Best Foreign Language Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Film	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Director	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
		2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
		2012	Life of Pi	Nominated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	Best Director	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
Satellite Awards	Best Director	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Nominated
		2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
		2007	Lust, Caution	Nominated
	Best Film	2005	Brokeback Mountain	Won
	Best Film	2012	Life of Pi	Nominated
César Awards	Best Foreign Film	2007	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
Bodil Awards	Best American Film	1999	The Ice Storm	Won
	Best American Film	2006	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
	Best Non-American Film	2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
David di Donatello	Best Foreign Film	2006	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated
David di Donatello	Best Foreign Film	2013	Life of Pi	Nominated

Government orders and decorations

Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2012).^[16]
Knight of the French highest honour Legion of Honor (2021)^[17]^[18]

References

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^ "Le réalisateur taïwanais Ang Lee fait Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur par la France". taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
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^ "73rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
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^ "Film in 2021". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
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^ "Taiwan director Ang Lee conferred with France's highest distinction". Taiwan news. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[1] AFP (November 27, 2012). "Les Arts et Lettres pour Emmanuelle Béart et Ang Lee". lefigaro.fr. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

[2] "Le réalisateur taïwanais Ang Lee fait Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur par la France". taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[3] "Taiwan director Ang Lee conferred with France's highest distinction". Taiwan news. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[4] "73rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[5] "78th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[6] "Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list". Los Angeles Times. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

[7] "Film in 1995". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[8] "Film in 1996". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[9] "Film in 2001". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[10] "Film in 2006". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[11] "Film in 2008". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[12] "Film in 2013". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[13] "Film in 2021". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[14] "Ang Lee - Golden Globes". Golden Globes. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

[Hugo01-15] "2001 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. September 3, 2001. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[16] AFP (November 27, 2012). "Les Arts et Lettres pour Emmanuelle Béart et Ang Lee". lefigaro.fr. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

[17] "Le réalisateur taïwanais Ang Lee fait Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur par la France". taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[18] "Taiwan director Ang Lee conferred with France's highest distinction". Taiwan news. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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