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Ang Lee - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra)
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2016 NAB Show's The Future of Cinema Conference, produced in partnership with SMPTE (26717112630) (cropped)
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梁銘佳 Leung Ming-kai and 李安 Ang Lee
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Neoxavier
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李安

Lǐ Ān
proper noun #57,463

Meanings

  1. 1 Ang Lee (Oscar-winning film director)

About Ang Lee

born 1954 · 导演 director

Director from Taiwan who works in Chinese and English. 卧虎藏龙 won the Oscar for best foreign-language film, and he won best director twice, for 断背山 (Brokeback Mountain) and 少年派的奇幻漂流 (Life of Pi).

Characters

Literally 'plum peace' or 'peaceful plum'. A common surname combined with a wish for tranquility.

Examples

HSK 5
Lǐ Ān de diànyǐng zǒngshì néng yǐnqǐ rénmen de sīkǎo.
Ang Lee's movies always provoke thought.

Tips

culture
The title of his film 《饮食男女》 (Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994) comes from the 《礼记》, which names food and sex as the greatest human desires. It closes his trilogy about fathers, after 《推手》 and 《喜宴》.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
安 ān