A full retrospective of Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s (李安) movies is to start tomorrow at the Asia Society Museum in New York, with Lee scheduled to attend post-screening Q&As on four dates.

“Water and Oil: The Movies of Ang Lee” is hosted by the Asia Society with support from the Taipei Cultural Center in New York. It is to screen 14 movies spanning Lee’s career, from the critically acclaimed “Father Knows Best” trilogy and the wuxia (武俠, martial arts) sensation Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍) to his Hollywood hits such as Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain.

Lee is to appear at post-screening Q&As to discuss Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life of Pi and Lust, Caution (色,戒) tomorrow and on Saturday, and on Friday and Saturday next week respectively.

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Lee’s long-time collaborator, film editor Tim Squyres, will claim the spotlight at the Q&A session following the screening of Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食男女) on Sunday next week.

“This complete retrospective of Lee’s feature films honors the diversity of his oeuvre while highlighting a philosophical throughline that resists polarization,” the Taipei Cultural Center in New York said in a statement.

Ang Lee was born in Taiwan in 1954. He studied film at New York University and went on to become the first person of color to win an Academy Award for Best Director with Brokeback Mountain in 2006, and again in 2013 for Life of Pi, the statement said.

Lee’s latest accolade was the Directors Guild of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at a ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday last week.

The retrospective runs until Sunday next week.