Ang Lee is to be honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship at the EE British Academy Film Awards. The Taiwanese filmmaker will be awarded the prestigious accolade for his multi-nation, genre-bending contributions to world cinema. Awarded annually, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional … Read more
Double Vision Dion Beebe ACS ASC / Gemini Man Double Vision Dion Beebe ACS ASC / Gemini Man BY: Ron Prince Shooting in native 3D stereo at 4K, and with the ultra-high frame rate of 120fps, for the first time in moviemaking history, director Ang Lee created an immersive and moving experience, dramatising the … Read more
Presence of mind John Toll ASC / Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Presence of mind John Toll ASC / Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk BY: Ron Prince Three-time Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee harnessed his extraordinary powers to create extraordinary visual images for Sony Pictures’ Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Using new camera technologies, shooting … Read more
From a record attendance to the first standing ovation for an award winner, IBC2016 was a great success by any measure. In the opening keynote session Dominique Delport of Havas Media warned the audience that “the 50 year party is over”, but underlying IBC’s global theme of transformation, he – and every delegate and visitor … Read more
For over two decades, the multi-award-winning Mr Ang Lee has been leading the way in utilising cutting-edge science towards his creation of some of the very finest works of cinematic art—from the fantasy of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to the story-telling visual beauty of Life of Pi. Later this year will see the release of … Read more
During NAB 2016 in Las Vegas, Ang Lee, the Oscar-winning director of Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi, provoked a flood of positive comments among filmmakers and Hollywood technologists when he presented an 11-minute sequence, from his next movie, entitled Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which features advanced production and post production techniques. Shot at … Read more
Fearful Symmetry Claudio Miranda ASC / Life of Pi Fearful Symmetry Claudio Miranda ASC / Life of Pi BY: Wyatt Moss-Wellington From behind the monitor Ang Lee calls out, “Hold the camera still!”. Meanwhile, just around the corner, Claudio Miranda ASC grapples with a lemur that has taken a sudden interest in operation of the … Read more