biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1954– )
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| biography:
| Film director, producer, and screenwriter, born in Taipei, Taiwan. He attended the National Taiwan College of Arts (1975), then went to the USA, where he studied at the University of Illinois and New York University. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with Pushing Hands, and earned Academy Award nominations for his next two films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). Later films include Sense and Sensibility (1995, Best Picture Oscar nomination), The Ice Storm (1997), and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which won four Oscars, four BAFTA Awards, and a Best Director Golden Globe. |
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