Ang Lee Net Worth

Net Worth  Net Worth: $32 Million

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Ang Lee is one of not so many film directors who could combine an international film career in both sides of the Pacific. Ang Lee also known as An Lee or An Li was born in Taiwan in a middle class family, what was motivating on his higher education of Chinese Literature. An Lees has an estimated net worth of $32 million. Taiwanese American film director was born on 23 of October in 1954 in Taipei, furthermore he is also Film Producer and Screenwriter. Lee was very great full for growing up in a stable family and this example developed him to a very strong belief in his Chinese cultural and roots.


Ang Lee Net Worth $32 Million


 

An Li was graduated from National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then moved to the United States, where completed bachelor`s degree in theater directing at the University of Illinois and later film production at New York University. Who could imagine that, at that moment, while being young and ambitious student Ang Lee, will have net worth of $32 million? He met his future wife Jane Lin, a Microbiologist, also in university. Seems that studies completed Ang Lees life from both sides, including his career and family. The producer and his life partner exchanged their rings in 1983 and were blessed by two sons.

In 1985 An Li already won some awards for his student work. Next six years young screenwriter was working on screenplays and already in 1992 made his debut with Pushing Hands, a comedy about Taiwanese family in New York, with this Lee won awards in Native country. Next film, which wins several nominations is The Wedding Banquet in 1993, helped to grab a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and more, a Best Director prize at the Seattle Film Festival, and as well as Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Filmmakers` one more big worldwide recognition was in 1995 when he made Sense and Sensibility. This was one step and push to earn him big success and salary in his future career in the United States and not only, including Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Ice Storm.

There is no doubt, why An Li owns net worth of $32 million, because he is just a professional of his job. He likes to experiment, An tried himself in different genres as working with The Marvel comics, superhero movie. The movie Hulk, 2003 was considered as misfortune, but generally nobody could deny about inventive visual effects. Next, comedy movie appears in 2005, Taking Woodstock. Lee is not of so many filmmakers who won the Golden Lion twice. Directorial skills Lee showed also with a biographical movie Cleopatra, where starrer of the main role was Angelina Jolie. Ang Lee has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, first time for Brokeback Mountain in 2005, where he shows its own way and artistic style and second time for Life of Pi in 2012 where experts even consider impossible to turn this fantastic adaption into a movie. All this impressive run to success shows how rich is Ang Lee.

Taiwanese director lives in a luxurious mansion in the upmarket Larchmont area of New York. He spends a lot of time not just in movies industry but also to raise funds for actors Jet Li`s charitable organization, One Foundation and also he has lent his support to few endowments, therefore he Ang is supporter of universal human rights.

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