Director Ang Lee to be awarded 2021 Bafta Fellowship, only 3rd Asian to win it


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Ang Lee will be honoured with the Fellowship at the EE Bafta Film Awards 2021 on April 11. Photo: AFP

Taiwanese film director Ang Lee will receive a Bafta Fellowship at the Bafta Film Awards ceremony on April 11, becoming the third Asian to win the award, reported Central News Agency, quoting the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) announcement on Tuesday (April 6).

"Lee is one of the world's most pioneering and revered contemporary filmmakers whose groundbreaking films are highly acclaimed spanning multiple genres throughout his producing, writing and directing career," said Bafta on its official website.

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