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Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)

Awards

Ang Lee

108 wins & 100 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Life of Pi
    Shared with: Gil Netter · David Womark
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Brokeback Mountain
    Ang Lee became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Bill Kong · Li-Kong Hsu
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2026 Winner Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

Amiens International Film Festival

  • Sihung Lung in Pushing Hands (1991)
    1992 Winner Best First Film
    • Pushing Hands

Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • Siao Yu (1995)
    1995 Winner APFF Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Siao Yu
    Shared with: Sylvia Chang
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    1994 Winner APFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Eat Drink Man Woman
  • Sihung Lung in Pushing Hands (1991)
    1992 Winner APFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Pushing Hands

Asian American International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    1993 Winner Asian Media Award

Australian Film Institute

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Best Foreign Film Award
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: James Schamus
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1998 Nominee Best Foreign Film Award
    • The Ice Storm
    Shared with: Ted Hope · James Schamus

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1996 Winner Golden Berlin Bear
    • Sense and Sensibility
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1996 2nd Place Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
    • Sense and Sensibility
  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    1993 Winner Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Wedding Banquet
    Tied with Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993).

Bodil Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Bodil
    • Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1999 Winner Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • The Ice Storm

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1995 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sense and Sensibility

BAFTA Awards

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2021 Winner Academy Fellowship
    • Film
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Life of Pi
    Shared with: Gil Netter · David Womark
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    • Lust, Caution
    Shared with: Bill Kong · James Schamus
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner David Lean Award for Direction
    • Brokeback Mountain

Critics Choice Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Cannes Film Festival

  • Taking Woodstock (2009)
    2009 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Taking Woodstock
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1997 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Ice Storm
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    1994 Nominee SACD Prize
    • Directors' Fortnight
    • Eat Drink Man Woman

César Awards, France

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2007 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Brokeback Mountain

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Ice Storm

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Life of Pi
    USA.
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2002 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Taiwan.

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 2nd Place DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

David di Donatello Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Brokeback Mountain

Deauville Film Festival

  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    1993 Winner Critics Award
    • The Wedding Banquet
    Tied with Public Access (1993).
  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    1993 Winner Coup de Coeur LTC
    • The Wedding Banquet

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2025 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Brokeback Mountain
    Shared with: Scott Ferguson · Tom Benz · Michael Hausman · Pierre Tremblay · Brad Moerke
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Helen Li · Kai Keung Lai · Sylvia Liu · Jinting Zhang · Ying-Ying Zhou · Hong-Bo Zhu · Cheng Lin Xu · Bu-Si Ta
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1996 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Sense and Sensibility

European Film Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Brokeback Mountain
    USA
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    China

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

German Film Awards

  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1997 Winner Best Foreign Film
    • Sense and Sensibility
    USA

Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Golden Globes, USA

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1996 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Sense and Sensibility

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2007 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution
  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2007 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Li-Kong Hsu · Bill Kong
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Siao Yu (1995)
    1995 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Siao Yu
    Shared with: Sylvia Chang

Satellite Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2007 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner Satellite Award
    • Outstanding Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Gotham Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Brokeback Mountain
    Shared with: Diana Ossana · James Schamus
  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2002 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1996 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Sense and Sensibility

Guldbagge Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2009 Winner Guldbagge
    • Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
    • Lust, Caution

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    1997 Winner Vision in Film Award

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Hugo Awards

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Hui-Ling Wang · James Schamus · Kuo Jung Tsai · Du Lu Wang

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Bill Kong · Li-Kong Hsu
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    1995 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Eat Drink Man Woman
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    1995 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Eat Drink Man Woman
    Shared with: Hui-Ling Wang · James Schamus

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Lust, Caution

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1999 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • The Ice Storm

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 2nd Place LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1995 2nd Place LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sense and Sensibility

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Filmmaker's Award
    • Life of Pi

National Board of Review, USA

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1995 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • Sense and Sensibility

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 3rd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
    1995 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sense and Sensibility

New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    1999 Winner Director's Choice Award
    • The Wedding Banquet

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2001 Winner International Filmmaker Award

PGA Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Life of Pi
    Shared with: Gil Netter · David Womark
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Li-Kong Hsu · Bill Kong

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2016 Winner Filmmaker on the Edge Award

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    1993 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • The Wedding Banquet

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2006 Winner Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema

ShoWest Convention, USA

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2008 Winner ShoWest/NATO Freedom of Expression Award
  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2001 Winner ShoWest Award
    • International Filmmaker of the Year

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 2nd Place TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1998 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Ice Storm

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Venice Film Festival

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2007 Winner Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Lust, Caution
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Brokeback Mountain

WorldFest Houston

  • Sihung Lung in Pushing Hands (1991)
    1992 Winner Gold Remi Award
    • Feature Film
    • Pushing Hands

Bergen International Film Festival

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 Winner Audience Award
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Empire Awards, UK

  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2016 Winner Britannia Award
    • John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Visionary Award

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
    • Brokeback Mountain
    USA.
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2009 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Lust, Caution

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen in The Ice Storm (1997)
    1998 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • The Ice Storm

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 2nd Place COFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Winner Golden Reel
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Lust, Caution

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Favorite
    • Life of Pi

Asian Film Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
    • Life of Pi

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • Chosen (2001)
    2001 Nominee Video Premiere Award
    • Best Internet Video Premiere
    • Chosen
    BMWFilms.com.

Telluride Film Festival

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2000 Winner Silver Medallion Award

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 2nd Place ICS Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
    2nd place

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner NTFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2007 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Lust, Caution
    China/Taiwan

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 3rd Place DFCC
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

3D Creative Arts Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best International 3D Feature - Live Action
    • Life of Pi
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Stereography - Live Action
    • Life of Pi

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
    • Life of Pi
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Best Film - Audience Award
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2010 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Top Films of the Decade - International Competition
    • Brokeback Mountain

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner UFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Chinese Film Media Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution
  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2008 Nominee Audience Award
    • Filmmaker of the Year
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner China Film Media Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Online Film & Television Association

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2016 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Life of Pi
    Shared with: Gil Netter · David Womark
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Shared with: Li-Kong Hsu · Bill Kong

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2001 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Iron Elephant Film Awards

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Winner Iron Elephant Award
    • Best Director
    • Lust, Caution

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Winner ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 2nd Place ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Runner-Up
    Shared with: Li-Kong Hsu · Bill Kong
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2000 2nd Place ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Runner-Up

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner IOMA
    • Best Director (Miglior regia)
    • Brokeback Mountain

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2005 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Director of the Year
    • Brokeback Mountain

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei in Lust, Caution (2007)
    2008 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • Lust, Caution
    Taiwan
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner INOCA
    • Best Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

Order of Arts and Letters, France

  • Ang Lee at an event for Life of Pi (2012)
    2012 Winner Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
    On 27 November, 2012.

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

  • Ang Lee in Hulk (2003)
    2003 Nominee Rondo Statuette
    • Best Genre Film
    • Hulk

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Winner NCFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi

Gold Derby Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • Life of Pi
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director of the Decade
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    2006 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • Brokeback Mountain

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Joe Alwyn in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
    2017 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Breakthrough Achievement
    • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Life of Pi

AACTA International Awards

  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Direction
    • Life of Pi
  • Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi (2012)
    2013 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Film
    • Life of Pi
    Shared with: Gil Netter · David Womark

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Joe Alwyn in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
    2017 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
    Tenth Place

Golden Kite Awards (China)

  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
    1994 Winner Golden Kite
    • Best Screenplay
    • Eat Drink Man Woman
    Shared with: Hui-Ling Wang · James Schamus
  • Sihung Lung in Pushing Hands (1991)
    1991 Winner Golden Kite
    • Best New Director
    • Pushing Hands

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