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, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced Tuesday, CNA reports.

"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," the BAFTA said in its official website.

Lee has won several BAFTA awards for his movies Sense And Sensibility; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Brokeback Mountain.

He also won best director at the Oscars for Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi.

Lee rose to prominence in the 1990s with his Taiwanese Father Knows Best comedy trilogy consisting of "Pushing Hands," "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eat Drink Man Woman."

The Wedding Banquet won the Golden Bear at the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2000, Lee produced and directed the martial arts action-adventure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which won an Oscar for best foreign language film.

Lee's films "have been truly groundbreaking both in terms of their technical expertise and for the subject matters he tackles," said Marc Samuelson, chair of BAFTA's Film Committee.

"His pioneering work...not only showcases his technical ability and deep understanding of the filmmaking process, but also his ability to infuse every story -- no matter how epic or simple -- with humanizing characters we can all relate to on an emotional level," Samuelson said.

After learning of the award, Lee said: "It's a tremendous honor to receive the BAFTA Academy Fellowship and be counted among such brilliant filmmakers."

The Fellowships is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual and previous recipients for their contribution to film include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, and Steven Spielberg.

The two previous Asian award winners were Shigeru Miyamoto, a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, in 2010, and Hideo Kojima, a Japanese video game designer and producer best known for Death Stranding and the Metal Gear series, in 2020.

Ang Lee has won several BAFTA awards for his movies.

British film honor for Taiwan's Ang Lee