Taipei Times: Revealing the real Ang Lee. "In February of 1985 Lee had finished his studies at New York University film school and was heading back home. "One night before my luggage was to be shipped, my graduation film Fine Line won the Best Film and Best Director awards at the NYU film festival. Agents from the William Morries Agency wanted me to sign a contract with them... So Lee began writing scripts, adapting scripts, and co-writing scripts with other new filmmakers. Lee recalls how difficult the years after graduation were for him: "If a film company likes your first draft, they'll ask you to rewrite or edit some parts, three to five times. Two years later, these scripts either come to nothing or need to continue developing. ... This is what they call the `development hell of filmmaking.'"