MUMBAI: Life of Pi director Ang Lee will be receiving the 2013 Filmmaker Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors at the 60th MPSE Golden Reel Awards on 17 February at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles.
 
"Ang Lee is a fascinating innovator. He continually breaks ground through the use of the latest technology both visually and sonically. That continues with Life of Pi where his use of Dolby Atmos guides audiences into the emotional intimacy of the sound experience," MPSE president Bobbi Banks was quoted by the Hollywood Reporter.
 
Lee‘s other films include The Wedding Banquet, Taking Woodstock, Lust, Caution, Hulk, Ride with the Devil, The Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility. His film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, received Academy Award nominations for best picture and best director in 2001 and he won the Oscar for best director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain.
 
The MPSE Golden Reel Awards acknowledge work in editing dialogue, ADR, sound effects, Foley and music.