While Ang Lee was adjudged the best director, the movie 'Life of Pi' won three other Oscars, for best original score, cinematography and special effects

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Taiwanese-American Ang Lee beat master directors like Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) and Michael Haneke (Amour) to take home the best director Oscar for “Life of Pi”, his visually stunning 3D tale of an Indian boy adrift in the ocean for 227 days with 'Richard Parker', a Bengal tiger.

Lee, for his second Academy award, beat Spielberg, Haneke, David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) and indie filmmaker Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) in the directing category.

Before ending his speech with a 'Namaste', Lee said, “I really need to share this with everybody who worked in ’Life of Pi’. I need to thank Yann Martel for writing this marvellous book".

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