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Academy Awards, USA (5)
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Online Film & Television Association (7)
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Awards Circuit Community Awards (4)
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International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (3)
Order of Arts and Letters, France (1)
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (1)
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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
AACTA International Awards (2)
Cahiers du Cinéma (1)
104 wins & 99 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2013 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Life of Pi
Shared with:
Gil Netter
·
David Womark
2013 Winner
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
2001 Nominee
Oscar
Best Picture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
William Kong
·
Li-Kong Hsu
2001 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2013 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2001 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Amiens International Film Festival
1992 Winner
Best First Film
Pushing Hands
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1995 Winner
APFF Award
Best Screenplay
Siao Yu
Shared with:
Sylvia Chang
1994 Winner
APFF Award
Best Film
Eat Drink Man Woman
1992 Winner
APFF Award
Best Film
Pushing Hands
Asian American International Film Festival
1993 Winner
Asian Media Award
Australian Film Institute
2001 Winner
Best Foreign Film Award
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
James Schamus
1998 Nominee
Best Foreign Film Award
The Ice Storm
Shared with:
Ted Hope
·
James Schamus
Berlin International Film Festival
1996 Winner
Golden Berlin Bear
Sense and Sensibility
1996 Nominee
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
Sense and Sensibility
1993 Winner
Golden Berlin Bear
The Wedding Banquet
Tied with
Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993)
.
Bodil Awards
2006 Nominee
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Winner
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999 Winner
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
The Ice Storm
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
1995 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Director
Sense and Sensibility
BAFTA Awards
2021 Winner
Academy Fellowship
BAFTA Film
2013 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Life of Pi
Shared with:
Gil Netter
·
David Womark
2013 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
Best Director
Life of Pi
2008 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Not in the English Language
Lust, Caution
Shared with:
William Kong
·
James Schamus
2006 Winner
David Lean Award for Direction
Brokeback Mountain
6 more
All
Critics Choice Awards
2013 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Cannes Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Taking Woodstock
1997 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Ice Storm
César Awards, France
2007 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Brokeback Mountain
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1998 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
The Ice Storm
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2013 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Life of Pi
USA.
2002 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Taiwan.
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2005 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
David di Donatello Awards
2013 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Life of Pi
2006 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Brokeback Mountain
Deauville Film Festival
1993 Winner
Critics Award
The Wedding Banquet
Tied with
Public Access (1993)
.
1993 Winner
Coup de Coeur LTC
The Wedding Banquet
Directors Guild of America, USA
2013 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Brokeback Mountain
Shared with:
Scott Ferguson
·
Tom Benz
·
Michael Hausman
·
Pierre Tremblay
·
Brad Moerke
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
1996 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Sense and Sensibility
European Film Awards
2005 Nominee
Screen International Award
Brokeback Mountain
USA
2000 Nominee
Screen International Award
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
China
Ghent International Film Festival
2000 Nominee
Grand Prix
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2005 Winner
FFCC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
German Film Awards
1997 Winner
Best Foreign Film
Sense and Sensibility
USA
Golden Bauhinia Awards
2001 Winner
Golden Bauhinia
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Golden Globes, USA
2013 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1996 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Sense and Sensibility
Golden Horse Film Festival
2007 Winner
Golden Horse Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
2007 Winner
Golden Horse Award
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
2000 Winner
Golden Horse Award
Best Feature Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
Li-Kong Hsu
·
William Kong
2000 Nominee
Golden Horse Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1995 Nominee
Golden Horse Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Siao Yu
Shared with:
Sylvia Chang
8 more
All
Satellite Awards
2007 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
2005 Winner
Satellite Award
Outstanding Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gotham Awards
2005 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Feature
Brokeback Mountain
Shared with:
Diana Ossana
·
James Schamus
2002 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1996 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Sense and Sensibility
Guldbagge Awards
2009 Winner
Guldbagge
Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
Lust, Caution
Hawaii International Film Festival
1997 Winner
Vision in Film Award
Hong Kong Film Awards
2001 Winner
Hong Kong Film Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hugo Awards
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
2006 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
William Kong
·
Li-Kong Hsu
2001 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1995 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Eat Drink Man Woman
1995 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Screenplay
Eat Drink Man Woman
Shared with:
Hui-Ling Wang
·
James Schamus
3 more
All
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2008 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
Lust, Caution
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2012 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2005 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2013 Winner
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
The Ice Storm
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2000 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1995 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Director
Sense and Sensibility
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2013 Winner
Filmmaker's Award
Life of Pi
National Board of Review, USA
2005 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
1995 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
Sense and Sensibility
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2001 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2005 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2000 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1995 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Sense and Sensibility
New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
1999 Winner
Director's Choice Award
The Wedding Banquet
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2006 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2001 Winner
International Filmmaker Award
PGA Awards
2013 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Life of Pi
Shared with:
Gil Netter
·
David Womark
2001 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
Li-Kong Hsu
·
William Kong
Provincetown International Film Festival
2016 Winner
Filmmaker on the Edge Award
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2001 Winner
Robert
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
Seattle International Film Festival
1993 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Director
The Wedding Banquet
Shanghai International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema
ShoWest Convention, USA
2008 Winner
ShoWest/NATO Freedom of Expression Award
2001 Winner
ShoWest Award
International Filmmaker of the Year
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Winner
SEFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1998 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Director
The Ice Storm
Toronto International Film Festival
2000 Winner
People's Choice Award
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Venice Film Festival
2007 Winner
Golden Lion
Best Film
Lust, Caution
2005 Winner
Golden Lion
Best Film
Brokeback Mountain
WorldFest Houston
1992 Winner
Gold Remi Award
Feature Film
Pushing Hands
Bergen International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Audience Award
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Empire Awards, UK
2001 Nominee
Empire Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
2016 Winner
Britannia Award
John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2005 Winner
SFFCC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Visual Effects Society Awards
2013 Winner
Visionary Award
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2013 Nominee
VFCC Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
VFCC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Amanda Awards, Norway
2006 Nominee
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
Brokeback Mountain
USA.
2001 Nominee
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Kinema Junpo Awards
2009 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Lust, Caution
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
Chlotrudis Awards
2006 Winner
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Winner
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1998 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
The Ice Storm
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2006 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
2008 Winner
Golden Reel
Best Foreign Film
Lust, Caution
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Mill Valley Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Audience Favorite
Life of Pi
Asian Film Awards
2008 Nominee
Asian Film Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
Cinema for Peace Awards
2013 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Life of Pi
DVD Exclusive Awards
2001 Nominee
Video Premiere Award
Best Internet Video Premiere
Chosen
BMWFilms.com.
Telluride Film Festival, US
2000 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
International Cinephile Society Awards
2006 Nominee
ICS Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2nd place
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2006 Winner
NTFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2012 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2005 Winner
SLFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2007 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Lust, Caution
China/Taiwan
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2006 Winner
IFC Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
3D Creative Arts Awards
2013 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best International 3D Feature - Live Action
Life of Pi
2013 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Stereography - Live Action
Life of Pi
CinEuphoria Awards
2013 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
Life of Pi
2013 Winner
CinEuphoria
Best Film - Audience Award
Life of Pi
2010 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Films of the Decade - International Competition
Brokeback Mountain
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Winner
UFCA Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Chinese Film Media Awards
2008 Nominee
China Film Media Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
2008 Nominee
Audience Award
Filmmaker of the Year
2001 Winner
China Film Media Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Online Film & Television Association
2016 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
2013 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
Life of Pi
Shared with:
Gil Netter
·
David Womark
2013 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
2006 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2001 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shared with:
Li-Kong Hsu
·
William Kong
2 more
All
Asian Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Winner
NETPAC Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
2001 Winner
NETPAC Award
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Iron Elephant Film Awards
2008 Winner
Iron Elephant Award
Best Director
Lust, Caution
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2012 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
Life of Pi
2005 Winner
ACCA
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
2000 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Runner-Up
Shared with:
Li-Kong Hsu
·
William Kong
2000 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Runner-Up
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2006 Winner
IOMA
Best Director (Miglior regia)
Brokeback Mountain
Golden Schmoes Awards
2005 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Director of the Year
Brokeback Mountain
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2013 Nominee
INOCA
Best Director
Life of Pi
2008 Nominee
INOCA
Best Non-English Language Film
Lust, Caution
Taiwan
2006 Winner
INOCA
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Order of Arts and Letters, France
2012 Winner
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
On 27 November, 2012.
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
2003 Nominee
Rondo Statuette
Best Genre Film
Hulk
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2013 Winner
NCFCA Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
Gold Derby Awards
2013 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
Life of Pi
2010 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director of the Decade
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2006 Winner
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
Brokeback Mountain
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2017 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Breakthrough Achievement
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2013 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
Life of Pi
AACTA International Awards
2013 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Direction
Life of Pi
2013 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Film
Life of Pi
Shared with:
Gil Netter
·
David Womark
Cahiers du Cinéma
2017 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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