Trending Celebrity Millionaires With Extraordinarily Inspiring Backstories Share on Facebook Ang Lee, Filmmaker, $32 million Most people don’t give movie directors enough credit for their roles in film production. The Taiwanese filmmaker, Ang Lee, had his fair share of setbacks before becoming well known for famous movies like 2003 “The Hulk” and 2019 “Gemini Man,” which features popular actor, Will Smith. At a point in Lee’s life, his wife was the breadwinner of the family for six years while he remained unemployed, and he was basically in her care until things turned around for him when he did an outstanding job directing the 1991 movie, “Pushing Hands.” Prev Next Share on Facebook