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| Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for Life of Pi | Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for Life of Pi |
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| Ang Lee sprung a surprise at the 85th Academy Awards, picking up the best director Oscar ahead of the heavily tipped Steven Spielberg. | Ang Lee sprung a surprise at the 85th Academy Awards, picking up the best director Oscar ahead of the heavily tipped Steven Spielberg. |
| The Taiwan-born Lee won for his acclaimed adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi, a 3D spiritual fable about a boy who is stranded at sea with an untamed Bengal tiger. | |
| It is the second best director Oscar for Lee, who previously won for his 2005 romance Brokeback Mountain. His other films include The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. | It is the second best director Oscar for Lee, who previously won for his 2005 romance Brokeback Mountain. His other films include The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. |