Director Ang Lee to Be Honored at IBC2016

LONDON: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain) has been selected to receive the International Honour for Excellence at IBC2016.

The IBC Awards Ceremony will take place on Sunday, September 11, at 6:30 p.m. It will include reviews of Lee’s current and previous work, as well as a number of other highlights. Previous recipients of the award, which is IBC’s highest honor, include directors James Cameron and Sir Peter Jackson, Olympic Broadcasting Services and Sir David Attenborough.

In addition to receiving the award, Lee will be delivering a keynote address as part of the IBC Conference. His presentation will include illustrations from his latest movie. It will be held on Monday, September 12, at 10 a.m.

“The International Honour for Excellence goes to an individual who has made a significant and valuable contribution to our industry, combining technology and creativity to achieve remarkable ends,” said Michael Crimp, the CEO of IBC. “It is hugely appropriate we make this award to Ang Lee, a director who has harnessed technology in the service of great storytelling.”

Lee noted: “In the past few years, I have come strongly to believe that new technology will upgrade filmmaking in terms of storytelling. I made Life of Pi in 3D not just to immerse the audience in the world on screen, but as a way of adding depth to the characters and the ideas which move them.

“In my upcoming film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the use of high frame rate and high dynamic range will provide, I hope, a unique opportunity to feel the realities of war and peace through the protagonist’s eyes.

“IBC has done so much to bring together new technology and old-fashioned creativity. I am delighted to be part of this exciting dialogue, and I am honored to receive this award. Thank you.”