Ang Lee ‪winning the Oscar® for Directing "Life of Pi"

Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas presenting Ang Lee the Oscar® for Directing "Life of Pi" at the 2013 Oscars®.

[@sdlfjlsdkf]

I think It's really hard for asian directors to survive in hollywood, let alone make it to the oscars. They have very different cultural backgrounds and different sense of mutuality that make it so hard for people to understand their values or messages to the fullest. That is why Ang Lee is so special, he's a once in a lifetime director.

[@deensaid7762]

Bong Joon Ho: *_hold my Parasite_*

[@skere.177]

Well, one just won 4 Oscars hahaha

[@lampham5525]

@@deensaid7762 Ang Lee won two times in directing, and he directed 3 oscar movie (not only one by Bong), and Crouching Tiger maybe became the first Asian movie won best picture if not against Gladiator (one of the best movie ever made). Ang Lee is still the most successful asian director in oscar.

[@yj.l7934]

Meh... true messages to life has no cultural boundaries. Same scenario when you praise those truth seekers, finders, and messengers.

[@sdlfjlsdkf]

@@deensaid7762 Yeah, I'm actually Korean and that was freakin' awesome. It's an even greater feat considering Bong's films were domestic while Lee's were hollywood-made. I still however believe that it's directors like Lee who paved the way. Anyway I'm grateful to live in an era where Asian directors really make a name for themselves.

[@frwdodoodid203]

I think Oscar got it right, Life of Pi is pretty great

[@alejandrogonzalez6964]

Dan O'Raw agreed it's a phenomenal movie 🎥 I love it

[@khalidhenry8252]

Dan O'Raw My favorite Ang Lee Movie

[@latengocomoburro]

I liked it until he got to the floating island and I realized it was all fake and it was sad too, I do not like sad films.

[@ya850617]

Taiwanese director , not Chinese

[@ruonanzhao5508]

k just lol ask him that

[@azco9838]

Ang Lee is one of the most visionary directors working today. Period.

[@ChristianFrates1997]

That's why his interpretation of Hulk is so underrated.

[@kennyhi4724]

azco so true. Ang is brilliant

[@adolfoalbornoz3730]

yeah, he is so versatile I love him

[@AW-rz2jn]

*Laughs in Gemini Man*

[@lepetitchat123]

they put him in a seat at the far end -_-

[@thembela]

"Suraj where are you you're a miracle" Ang Lee. That was the most beautiful part of the speech.

[@tavishkoul5036]

a proud moment to young Indian actor made his international debut

[@thembela]

Suraj Sharma the boy who plays Pi is a brilliant actor. I love this film and its just so Amazing. Suraj Sharma honestly shud hav gotten an Oscar nomination for his role. He literally carried that movie. Amazing.

[@shrodingerscat8940]

The older version of the boy who was telling the story passed few months ago because of cancer. He was one of greatst bollywood actors

[@oenrob98000]

They never nominate Asians

[@u_gona_get_addictive]

@@oenrob98000 yes bcz they are biased

[@cfdby4784]

@@oenrob98000 racists as hell 😭

[@andreabollinger9932]

@@oenrob98000 They do. South Korea? Bong Joon-ho? Youn-Yu-Jung?! They even WON Oscars.

[@sayantanibhattacharjee.772]

I just came to revisit this moment as IRFAAN KHAN is no more.

[@RSVlogsyt]

Yeah

[@MuhammedAboobackerMABvideos]

Yes

[@heeral9582]

Why didn't he take name of Irrfan sir??

[@heeral9582]

Gandhi Bhagat gussa aa raha hai Mujhe to, he should mention our irrfan sir Yaar. It's not fair, not at all.

[@sayantanibhattacharjee.772]

The funniest thing is by the time, we forget to respect our legends...we forget the main reason... And then start to bark at wrong reasons, at wrong time for showing our SO-CALLED LOVE towards our respected legends......... Irfaan had done his job gracefully and it is known by all. Ang Lee knows it that is why he casted Irfaan. It is useless to bark at him why he did not mention Irfaan's name in this prticular video..there are so many other videos where he has done that..watch it...unneccessary recognition is not Irfaan's cup of tea...

[@joze1245]

One of the greatest visionary directors of all time. Well deserved Oscar for such a masterpiece in film

[@ravshars]

3:42 Namaste- the heart winning moment.

[@prathiprathu2791]

Ravishankar Sharma only Indian artist can do so nice acting as a pi

[@lisamilano5898]

@@prathiprathu2791 mmmm that guy should be very grateful to ang Lee to choose him for the role

[@DK_75]

Lisa Milano exactly this man has already won an Oscar before. He’s lucky that Ang lee even considered him for the role tbh

[@nointernet7992]

@@DK_75 not luck but talent

[@bm9559]

S

[@marsxac4878]

As a Taiwanese, I am so proud of Ang Lee, who is known as "the light of Taiwan" for us.

[@nogayang7808]

YES TAIWAN NUMBER ONE

[@marxeric1913]

We all proud of him.

[@cfdby4784]

The whole of Asia is proud of him , Suraj and this movie

[@alexanderl.6207]

one of the best chinese directors for sure

[@D__Ujjwal]

Indeed he is

[@user-sh5iu1lq6x]

this guy beat spielberg two times.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

+Updiwasa Which is bullshit. He should have won for both Munich and Lincoln

[@user-sh5iu1lq6x]

+Jacob Duran I actually didn't see Munich and Brokeback mountains but I think lee deserved this one.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Updiwasa No he didn't. The Life of Pi was stupid and not as good as it could have been. This Oscar belonged to either Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained or Ben Affleck for Argo or Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

[@user-sh5iu1lq6x]

+Jacob Duran I don't think argo deserved for shit. they only awarded that film because it was Making hollywood important. As they will probably do for this year in Trumbo. but I agree with django. it was hell of a good movie.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Updiwasa Argo was a great movie it deserved the best picture award. Ben Affleck directed one hell of a film. Trumbo is not gonna win Best Picture. Either The Revenant or The Hateful Eight or Bridge of Spies will win the Best Picture award

[@yong-haotan6576]

When the filming ended, Ang Lee and main actor Suraj Sharma hugged and cried. They have completed a powerful movie.

[@fabboydan]

A true director.

[@ya850617]

Taiwanese director , not Chinese.

[@joonielollipop67]

HULK

[@leli9160]

@@ya850617 lmao

[@dennissun2443]

@@ya850617 u are dumb lol

[@dennissun2443]

@@ya850617 Hi Karen

[@daryljohnabejuela8669]

Please make Bong Joon Ho the next Asian film maker to win Oscar Achievement in Directing 🙏

[@nicknicknick5305]

Yes. He won. Surprise.

[@EverBlossomingBliss]

He won...

[@hckingking]

Woo hoo

[@JC21]

@@nicknicknick5305 I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not but it was a surprise, and a pleasant one at that.

[@gwm-btdbattlesagar.ioandmo9988]

yep

[@susiloraon9650]

A memory of Irrfan Khan..RIP Sir😔

[@FzSfn]

Sooraj deserves everything. Irrfan was just supporting actor. Irrfan snatched all from sooraj

[@logannathan.p9542]

@@FzSfn yes... But This film got all major Oscar Categories 🔥😍

[@logannathan.p9542]

@@FzSfn Ifran khan deserve supporting role 🔥♥

[@tavishkoul5036]

Late Irfan should get the honorary academy award

[@OxymoronTitle]

Are there seriously idiots on here that are saying he didn't deserve it?

[@martiniiiiiiiiiiiii]

He totally deserve it, but if Quentin T. will be nominated it will be a shame !

[@moviemaniac14]

Technically since he already has one I would've rather it gone to David O. Russell who has none... and Spielberg who has 3 and needs another.

[@OxymoronTitle]

moviemaniac14 Well since, in my opinion, Lee's direction blew Russell out of the water, I think Ang deserved it. Also, Spielberg only has 2.

[@moviemaniac14]

He has three. He won for producer as well for Schindler's List. I said he's a director that has three Oscars, not three Oscars won for the category of Best Director. Also David O. Russell >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ang Lee

[@OxymoronTitle]

moviemaniac14 I was talking about him as a director, but ok. When it comes down to it, though, Life of Pi is about 50 times better than Silver Linings Playbook.

[@thedudewhomadethisvideo]

Ang Lee is one of the most diverse filmmakers working today; all his films are from a range of different genres. I mean he went from directing a Chinese Martial Arts movie (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to a Superhero movie (Hulk) to a Romantic Drama (Brokeback Mountain) to a Chinese Erotic Thriller (Lust, Caution) a Comedy (Taking Woodstock) and now a family film (Life of Pi). You can't get more diverse than that.

[@gg9244]

And also sense and sensibility (English classic culture) .

[@elephantbluepeter]

Well deserved! I wish "Life of Pi" won Best Picture as well! It deserved that one as well! "Life of Pi" is a masterpiece!

[@agustinlaurenzi360]

+elephantbluepeter life of pi is a piece of shit man what are you talkin about

[@elephantbluepeter]

+The Joker BUZZ OFF DOUCHEBAG!!!

[@Cheetahgurl2024]

+The Joker This movie was over the moon beautiful, took hard work, fucking great acting, amazing story that didn't offend the original book, and yet you're on your couch eating potato chips and complaining. Now THAT'S shit

[@agustinlaurenzi360]

Yasmine Sechrest "amazing story" yep, you're 9 years old

[@Cheetahgurl2024]

The Joker Hmm, 9 years old? Nice comeback, since I'm not even close to that shitty comeback.

[@flyinglittleduckss]

He deserves it! Life of Pi was a beautiful, emotional and well written movie.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

The brilliant thing about Life of Pi was that it was a showcase of mastery direction. I think people who say he didn't deserve it are blatantly dismissing this film as just a visual showcase when it really so much more. The amount of art and symbolism mixed intelligence and real emotional resonance. It also took 3D to a really new level (even beyond Avatar) that I really haven't seen since is why he deserved the Oscar. My other nominees would have been Bigelow, Zeitlin, Spielberg, and Haneke. I think all of them would have been deserving winners actually. Lee just did something really extraordinary with Life of Pi and I'm happy he won. The Director's Branch of the Academy is filled with both studio directors and auteur filmmakers, and with the ranking ballot system, I bet a lot of those directors put the five actual nominees in the 1 or 2 slot. Affleck may have possibly been in the most ballots but if he was mostly ranked as 4 or 5 he would lose out to a nominee who was on less ballots but placed 1 or 2 on more ballots. I think that's how Zeitlin and Haneke got in over Affleck. You know those two were pure passion picks, and I applaud the Director's branch for being brave enough to go that way and appreciate actual artists. I would have only been happier if they they replaced David O. Russell with Bigelow. Despite all the ridiculous hoopla about Affleck getting snubbed (which helped it's Best Pic chances), the standing ovation Lee received here speaks for itself.

[@mihaistan5526]

+SDoesNotKnow the only bad aspect about his speech is that most of the work was done by rythm and hues. About 80% of the whole movie was made by visual effects artists, and they didn't even get mentioned. Makes you wonder how "great" this guy is. Check the Ex-Machina speech and you'll see how it's done :)

[@SDoesNotKnow]

I think "this guy" aka, the very well-respected among his peers, Ang Lee's filmography speaks for itself. It's not as if Life of Pi was his first well-received film, and it's not like he just took a back seat and didn't give his artistic vision. Obviously Life of Pi was a beautiful visual showcase, and Rhythm and Hues should be applauded, but downplaying Lee's work doesn't do much except show you don't know how important it is to have a very excellent director to make it go beyond a showcase. "During the last few weeks, Lee has also received honorary awards from the Visual Effects Society and International 3D Society in recognition of how he has pushed the creative and technical filmmaking envelope during production of Pi - by shooting in 3D, mixing with Dolby’s immersive new sound format Atmos and rendering a photo-real CG tiger through the VFX process." www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/life-pi-director-ang-lee-422270 So it seems visual effects people know how great "this guy" is. I think people who are criticizing his speech are seriously reaching for something to criticize and I suspect some are just using his "omission" in this ONE speech when he praised his crew and team from the time Life of Pi was released on to attack him because they didn't think he should have won or they were VFX people who at the time were angry at the whole business for undervaluing their work and got mad about this one incident and taking Lee's quote about how costly the whole endeavor was to the point where R&H couldn't make a profit and went into bankruptcy during this time period way out of context. I seriously believe people in the VFX were hurting and started using Lee as some sort of scapegoat when he didn't say anything about paying VFX less.

[@mihaistan5526]

SDoesNotKnow you should read more about the vfx industry, it's not something you literally discuss with the studios, first of all, it was how the industry was working at that time. 2nd, when i'm criticizing him, i'm criticizing because he takes all the credit for the images, and does not give credit to the thousands of artists that brought the visuals to life.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

You're really mishearing the speech.

[@albertosaurschannel6946]

Suraj Sharma's birthday is at March 21.

[@akiratoya8727]

Life of Pi is awesome,he deserved.

[@AbhyudaySharda]

Great guy, very humble

[@Asskicker14]

u got my 100th upvote

[@kennyhi4724]

Abhyuday Sharda agree. So humble n nice.

[@davidwoods8181]

David O. Russell is, rather surprisingly, an old woman according to this cameraman

[@user-yq6cu2hu5z]

David Woods

[@romaasrani]

The camera is still searching for David O Russel

[@karmaslap]

To take someone who has never acted and placed him in such environment showing such emotions was just amazing!!

[@GavinCharlesFilms]

I'm so glad that Ang Lee got this! I thought Spielberg would, and he did an amazing job with Lincoln, but Life of Pi truly was a beautiful masterpiece, and Ang's work was just breathtaking.

[@madphantom92]

I remember watching Life of Pi and In my head I was just thinking I'm with pi on the ocean haha.

[@valeriab-6126]

Carlos Santana me too!! 😁

[@bowandarrow3794]

You were the tiger?

[@_abuanusnarrated_9299]

We All Were There !!

[@fitchmate2321]

One of the best directing wins in a while! Ang Lee deserved it sooooo much. I'm very happy he also got a standing ovation.

[@mariareynolds5063]

Ang Lee an inspiration!!

[@GavinCharlesFilms]

the REAL nominees for this category: Ang Lee (Life of Pi) Ang Lee (Life of Pi) Ang Lee (Life of Pi) Ang Lee (Life of Pi) Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

[@salahrapie2848]

المسألة أن تكنولوجيا الثري دي شيء مهم للسينما صحيح ضار (لاحظ ان جورج كلوني إختار الابيض والاسود لفلمه المخابراتي ) أي قاريء محب للقراءة تترجم أماكن المخ بدلا من حواسه ما يقرأ فيعرض عليك المنتج المنفذ ايما كان تجسيد لما تري ...شيء مبهر ....لذا فآنج ليي أيضا سلعة ...هو الوحيد القادر علي تنفيذ هذا الخيال ....سبيلبيرج أستنفذ محاولاته مع كرة آنديانا جونز وديناصورات فريق الكاوبوي ....روبرت زيميكس قدمها مروية في فوريست جامب ولكنها كلها محاولات الفن الاول (الخيال .....) ان تري الخيال ....كان ل لي السبق هنا . الرواية ركيكة ممكن لكنك محمل بتاريخ اكثر من 100 سنة سينما لم تسأل هيتشكوك لم عري بطلته في مشهد غرامي بينما وهي بالحمام تتعاطف معها .ولم تسأل ديفيد لين لم أنتوني كوين أكثر عروبية من الشيخ علي مسلمات ....تدخل السينما تطفيء الانوار ....قبل ربع ساعة تتناقش أنت والابطال ماذا سيحدث بعد ....حتي يأتي المخرج وياخذ بلجام الاحداث من سفه ل تحكم ل نهاية تأخذك لعالم ك لقد تأثرت جدا والسيدة الهندية هي واولادها يرجعون لمنزل باي الجالس فوق ال 3 ساعات يتنزه مع صديقه الحكومة الكندية دي يا جدع جابتله واحدة هندية برضوا ....يمكن عشان ما يطلبش الجنسية ويف2ضل عالق بين السما والارض كما قال ؟؟؟؟؟

[@haiderzara5594]

salah rapie ابغا أتناقش معاك

[@leticiapinheiro9672]

*It was not necessary people do standing ovation. For two reasons:* *1 - Ang Lee's directing was wonderful, but not that great.* *2 - Even so, everybody knows Ang Lee really did the best directing of 2012. Everybody knew that. Including himself.*

[@blupatches3030]

真心很喜歡很敬佩很欣賞的導演。看他演講眼眶會濕。 台灣之光。

[@linzhong9927]

the symbolisms and hidden messages in this movie are just crazy!! this movie is totally not just about visual effects, though they are excellent. the first time i watched it, i thought of it as just a well-filmed adventure story with great effects, but then when i watched it the second time and actually payed attention to every objects and scenes in the movie, the hidden messages are just amazing to notice

[@ugiocean196]

01:34 cutie pie is abput to cry.

[@gonaarc2612]

And to think a Man from Taiwan captured a unique vision of what love IS in Sense and Sensibility, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi! Im praying for the day when Ang Lee will win again with a Best Picture Oscar aswell...

[@missm7234]

In our hearts, we know Brokeback Mountain should have also won Best Picture. Beautiful movie.

[@thembela]

The Oscars really got it perfect. Life of Pi was exceptionally BRILLIANT. Suraj Sharma and Ang lee shud do another film together. PLS pls

[@thedudewhomadethisvideo]

+Bear London Ang Lee doesn't work with actors twice, so it won't happen

[@thembela]

Thats a shame

[@imbajin5652]

Im so proud of him. TAIWAN!!!!!!

[@markkuo5481]

He is from my country, Taiwan!!!👍👍👍😃

[@charli6138]

Ang Lee deserves a Best Picture award for his film

[@jW-hf1we]

I loved the book so much! Although I wanted there to be a movie version, I really did not see how they were going to pull it off. Luckily for all of us, Ang Lee (et al) saw and did a masterful job. I was very happy to hear his name the winner. Bravo!

[@ParkerProduction101]

I'm so glad Ang won. He seems like such a nice guy and he made an incredible film.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Life of Pi is the best CGI movie of all time after Avatar

[@redicaushi9862]

agreed

[@MrHikoTaro]

Ang Lee....love you really a great director

[@mariarey9286]

Magical piece of directing... Love Ang Lee!!!!

[@elfykim213]

he deserve to win because he made the movie possible to make. such a wonderful movie and best director and actor.

[@chriswolff6661]

One of the best moments of the night. So well deserved that standing ovation.

[@nonstop0303]

Ang Lee deserved this honor, a truly standing ovation to this humble, talented man! Stop saying that he was just fortunate enough because lots of outstanding directors were snubbed! Most of them admitted that the filming of Life of Pi is unimaginable! Ang Lee is the one who do such a great job to turn a unfilmable movie to an epic! Congratulations!

[@scotchoikos8258]

Well deserved Mr. Lee! Life of Pi was among the most visually gorgeous movie I've ever seen. Here's to the man who held that amazing film together!

[@TehLemonsRUs]

I love Ang Lee. One of the greatest directors.

[@redicaushi9862]

Suraj is so beautiful and Ang totally deserved this Life of Pi is an extraordinarily beautiful film

[@Funnerism]

The beaming, proud smile on Spielberg's face says it all. He's happy for Ang Lee, and he knows he deserved to win.

[@WorldOnWeb84]

Namaste :) how sweet..man of respect..The young man Sooraj had tears in his eyes. I wish Irfan Khan too was part of the audience..Nevertheless well deserved win :)

[@pknewshindi2309]

Yes 😢

[@JCD2208]

Life of pi was phenomenal and spiritual. Easily one of the best films of 2012.

[@soniandukwe8981]

The young boy deserved to win an Oscar he was phenomenal and it’s still one of my favorite movies till date.

[@rajenkundu193]

Proud to be born on 23rd October, the day this great filmmaker was born.

[@clince-rx2be]

ANG LEE IS AN AMAZING DIRECTOR

[@DavyMoretzRainbow]

i don't know Emanuelle Riva directed Silver Linings Playbook.

[@emigrant1510]

She sure did a great job.

[@ThanhLuu-vo7lc]

Great director.Ang Lee.

[@EdgarRossetti]

the nicest guy in hollywood, you just want him to win every oscars

[@Ydna1977]

First they didn't nominate Ang Lee as Best Director for Sense & Sensibility. Then they didn't award him for Crouching Tiger & Hidden Dragon, even after he won the Director Guild Award. And after that they DID award him for Brokeback Mountain - and infamously ditched the movie itself, crowning Paul Haggis Crash instead. And after all that "misfortune", he finally hat some luck with the oscars - the luck that they didn't nominate Ben Affleck, who would have definetily won :D It was the best move the academy could have made after snubbing Affleck. What a great director.

[@mateil2277]

Argo was the worst movie out of the 8 nominees.Tarantino,Bigelow and Hooper deserved to get nominated more than Affleck.

[@scifinerd17]

He did win for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for Best Foreign Language Film

[@fikrijuanda6321]

Steven soderbergh deserved that Oscar for directing traffic tho

[@WW-vd1lj]

Salute to Ang Lee! Such an inspiration to see you keep doing new things, sharing your experiences and giving those with dreams a hand for breakthroughs, and taking a stand for your country! 👍🙏❤️

[@sageofsixpaths4416]

1:33 Awww Suraj such a humble soul 😭 did great in the movie congrats to the teams ang lee Suraj irrfan best movie ever ❤❤💜💙

[@sugarzyzz8924]

Let's make it a three-timer for Ang Lee for directing 'Billy Lynn's Long HalfTime Walk'.

[@edwardtang1977]

Yeah..I don't see any film this year that rival Ang's.

[@spleen5527]

movie sucks dick

[@monkey363]

that movie was awful

[@hmselementos]

fail

[@PramodShetty]

he already has 3 actually. for crouching tiger....

[@gl-jj3tk]

Ang Lee walked so Bong Joon Ho could run

[@kingofpopbts2080]

Ang Lee's win is more impressive. Bong Joon Ho's win is thanks to BTS impact in American entertainment. You can not deny the fact that Korean artists (directors, actors, actresses and singers) gain much attention in the U.S. after BTS paved the way for them in the world's biggest market.

[@jjemii365]

@@kingofpopbts2080 what a bs

[@leonkane8570]

We didn't get to see David O. Russell's face, that's what I call pretty straight karma... Here's the story: At the Bafta's the same year, the cameraman took his reaction when this woman, Emmauelle Riva won Best Actress over front-runner Jennifer Lawrence, and his reaction is priceless, he was so annoyed, like when you're 5 years old, can't handle your emotions and accept your team lose and gives the WTF is this sh!t ?! expression. Now, for a moment, a similar situation happened, the irony of life...

[@thebritneyfan22]

Ok he's probably the first winner ever(that i know of) that thanked his lawyers

[@Nolapeace.]

thanking lawyers?

[@distinguishedflyer]

One of those rare times when there was genuine suspense in a major Oscar category.

[@moviesunchained9571]

David O. Russell was so nervous he lost he turned into Emmanuelle Riva

[@Shahaaim]

He thanked the whole Taiwan and he forgot to thank the VFX crew who sort of made 80% visuals of the movie possible! Including the f-ing tiger! Lol

[@3Axel1996]

He may not have mentioned VFX specifically, but he did say at the beginning that he thanked everyone, all 3,000, who worked on this film. He was obviously nervous as this was most likely unexpected unlike when he won for Brokeback Mountain...

[@gmail7894]

I am surprised he didn't mention Irrfan

[@canisji]

@@gmail7894 irffan had a short role in the movie...main role of pi was played by Suraj

[@arpanbose1314]

Shahaaim the worst part is that the VFX company that did the work for Life of Pi, Rythym and Hues went bankrupt around this time and the Oscars shunned that fact

[@anandadhar4501]

@@arpanbose1314 really

[@JotaDM2023]

Ang Lee (In USA, he studied at Tisch School of the Arts and Spike Lee was his classmate): • Golden Bear - Best Picture (Berlin International Film Festival): "The Wedding Banquet" (1993) • Golden Bear - Best Picture (Berlin International Film Festival): "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) • BAFTA for Best Film (British Academy of Film and Television Arts): "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) • Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (Academy Awards): "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) • Golden Globe for Best Directing (Hollywood Foreign Press Association): "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) • Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (Hollywood Foreign Press Association): "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) • BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language (British Academy of Film and Television Arts): "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) • Golden Lion - Best Picture (Venice Film Festival): "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) • Oscar for Best Directing (Academy Awards): "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) • Golden Globe for Best Directing (Hollywood Foreign Press Association): "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) • BAFTA for Best Directing (British Academy of Film and Television Arts): "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) • Golden Lion - Best Picture (Venice Film Festival): "Lust, Caution" (2007) • Oscar for Best Directing (Academy Awards): "Life of Pi" (2012)

[@willalwayslovefood]

Life of Pi was AMAZING. He deserved it...the scenes were so well filmed and thought of

[@CDCPH582]

Legend has it that the cameraman is still looking for David O'Russel to this day...

[@yuchen6252]

He is a legend and an inspiration for the younger generation.

[@cafecon2]

I loved "Life of Pi"

[@Javier636]

I loved "Life of Pi", I remember feeling very sad when the tiger went away not to come back anymore. After watching the tiger all throughout the movie, you feel like losing a family member.

[@BlackHeartMarlo]

Much Deserved.👏🏽I just watched this movie at 21 and i feel i went through life in the same way myself. Resonated w/ me so deeply. Says alot about life and the point of view of ppl too hope and religion and facing your fears. Beautiful Story, Beautiful Film, Great job to everyone who was involved w/ this. Im so grateful for stories like this,i will pass this on to my kids one day.👏🏽🖤🏆

[@thebritneyfan22]

1:08 michael haneke was like "pshhh of course" lol

[@paulg6527]

He beat Spielberg 2x. Life of Pi was a great film.

[@fikrijuanda6321]

Spielberg probably don't want Oscar anymore after winning twice, i'm pretty sure he voted ang Lee to win

[@allaboutmelz]

Ang Lee's phenomenal win aside, I just love how they cut to Christoph Waltz holding his Oscars and clapping into his fist.

[@rociomartinezsevilla7881]

I LOVED THIS PICTURE!!! one of my favorite pictures ever *-*

[@neerbora9011]

A Taiwanese man directing a movie in English, Hindi and Tamil. Definitely deserved it 👏🏻👏🏻

[@savp199524]

Wish I saw this in IMAX 3D. One of the few movies that would have been worth it

[@Nisselak]

+The Bear from The Revenant: it really is

[@deadbars8755]

wow nobody talks about Michael Haneke here? Shame on y'all!

[@joshuagarbett]

Life of PI Is one of the best films that I’ve ever seen

[@mingyuan9320]

Ang Lee is the pride of Taiwan. Thank you Ang Lee and thank you Taiwan!

[@TaraAshleyTWILIGHT21]

Ang Lee is just wonderful!

[@198618april]

Life of pi. i personally think was really hard script to make movie. Ang lee is genious. Great.

[@fitchmate2321]

Ang Lee won over Spielberg twice! Once in 2006, and now in 2013! That's just toooo good.

[@dolokpurba]

That is so true! I read the book years ago in high school, and it was so though to fit everything into your imagination, let alone to realize it on screen. When I heard Jean Pierre Jeunet dropped out of the project, I thought it would not be continued Thank God, someone so brave like Ang Lee stepped in and take the lead. Powerful film! His wise 3D aesthetic put Avatar into shame!

[@guy5529]

I love Christoph Waltz, clapping with his well deserved oscar

[@rrstudios4852]

Life of pie is a fantastic movie. I never see the beauty of ocean like this movie shows.

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

Well deserved. How do you even make a movie like Life of Pi? He made the movie look absolutely magical

[@hungrywraith2381]

Ang Lee is my entire world an entire artist!

[@MrFbi91]

I love Ang's art work

[@priyataklalsingh7096]

He deserved it life of pi was amazing

[@kdmiranda]

So well deserved! What a great movie, great directing...... Mr. Ang Lee, you are a visionary!

[@freshcutscooter]

My Nominations: - Ben Affleck - Argo - Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained - Ang Lee - Life Of Pi - Steven Spielberg - Lincoln - David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook

[@ronaldmcdonald2817]

Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master over Russell and it would be perfect.

[@tolkiensbooks]

God, I love him, amazing director with this PERFECT movie!

[@Euvinii-w5y]

Ang Lee is so awesome Director , should deserved of Two Oscars , Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi , Wow amazing

[@lexkanyima2195]

But no Ben Affleck

[@Miko-jo1ui]

I juat wanna mention how dashing and commanding Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda are here. Hope they do a movie together.

[@mainsalf]

That's right!! He deserved so much that standing ovation! They all knew he deserved it

[@theunknownguy3119]

He says " Namaste ".....❤️🇮🇳