Celebrated Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee has been named a Praemium Imperiale laureate for his work in film, becoming the first person from Taiwan to receive the prestigious Japanese award for the arts.
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00:00Renowned filmmaker Ang Lee has become the first Taiwanese to be named a
00:04Premium Imperiality Laureate. The award is widely considered Japan's Nobel Prize
00:09for the Arts and it's awarded by the Japanese imperial family every year in
00:12Tokyo. Lee won in the film and theater category. He's already won a number of
00:18Academy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globe Awards for his directing.