Ang Lee Talks Bruce Lee Biopic, NYU Tisch School Honor, and Why Making Movies Never Gets Easier: ‘If Anything, It Gets Harder’
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor On one hand, Ang Lee can’t believe it’s been 40 years since he graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. “Don’t remind me!” he responds with a laugh when this milestone is brought up.
But at the same time, Lee says, little has changed since he received his MFA in film production. “Whether 40 years or 15 years or even two months, my career feels like a continuation of school.
I like to think I’m always in film school, making different projects and exploring how to make movies. It’s just the world is now my school.” Lee will head back to school — sort of — when he is honored at the 2024 Tisch Gala on Apr.
8 at Cipriani South Street, alongside actor Corey Stoll (class of 2003) and singer-songwriter Madison Love (class of 2017.) Lee’s award will be presented by Oscar- and Emmy- nominated producer and editor Jean Tsien, who worked in the sound department of Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” And though he returns a two-time Academy Award winner, for directing “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi,” Lee says making movies has not gotten easier. “If anything, it gets harder!” he says.
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