The films of Ang Lee--including The Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon--earned the director recognition at three of the world's most significant film forums--the film festivals at Berlin and Cannes, and the Oscars. This year, for the first time, Lee entered a film, Brokeback Mountain, to the Venice Film Festival and walked away with the top prize.
李安的《喜宴》、《理性與感性》、《冰風暴》、《臥虎藏龍》等片，過去曾接連獲得柏林、坎城、奧斯卡等國際影展的肯定，今年他以《斷背山》首度進軍威尼斯影展又順利得獎，紀錄驚人。