Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/26
By: Lo Yuan-shao and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) U.S.-based Taiwanese movie director Ang Lee (李安) has agreed to
U.S.-based Taiwanese movie director Ang Lee (李安, left) and Golden Horse Film Awards incumbent chair Sylvia Chang (張艾嘉, right)/CNA file photo
take over as the head of the executive committee of the Golden Horse Film Awards, incumbent chair Sylvia Chang (張艾嘉) said Sunday.
Chang said she was delighted to have been able to persuade Lee to take over the position to lead the film festival and awards into a new era after the completion of the 54th Golden Horse Film Awards on Saturday night.
Lee said he hesitated before agreeing to do the job. “My first response (to Sylvia’s suggestion) was no. After a while, I told her it would be ‘very difficult.’ And then I gradually softened my position.”
He said he finally decided to accept the offer in part because he has won a number of Golden Horse awards and has been doing his best to attend the award ceremony over the past 30 years, including serving as head of the award jury four years ago.
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