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"Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western." Ang Lee.

Taiwanese film director Ang Lee garnered international recognition while winning the 2006 Academy Awards Best Director for the controversial romantic drama Brokeback Mountain (2005; starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal). The New York-based filmmaker has also created such highly-acclaimed films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000; nominated Academy Award Best Director and Best Picture; won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Sense and Sensibility (1995; nominated Academy Award Best Picture) and The Wedding Banquet (1993; nominated Academy Award Best Foreign Language F ..[Full version]