Oscar winning filmmaker Ang Lee will be honored with the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, 2025.

“I am honored to be recognized in such an incredible way by my beloved Guild,” said Ang Lee. “To be given the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award is a momentous achievement for me personally, and an opportunity to reflect on what my work has meant to this amazing community of my fellow filmmakers.”

“Ang Lee is truly a master filmmaker. For over 30 years, he has directed a dynamic body of work that boldly cuts across genres—from period drama to comedy, adventure to western, superhero to martial arts—always fearlessly taking on new challenges, never repeating himself, and consistently achieving cinematic excellence,” said DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. “Through his films, Ang invites his audiences to explore complex characters that linger in your heart and mind long after the screen has gone dark. From his earliest features like The Wedding Banquet to artistic and commercial successes like Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang’s work is consistently recognized by critics, festivals and audiences for its brilliant storytelling and technological innovations. His unique approach has left an indelible mark on the history of cinema that will be celebrated for generations to come. The DGA couldn’t be prouder to honor Ang Lee as a recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Lee joined the DGA in 1996 and won the DGA Award for the Feature Film category twice, once in 2000 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and again in 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, which also won an Academy Award for Best Director. The Academy nominated him in the same category in 1995 for Sense and Sensibility, and again in 2012 for Life of Pi.