The 58-year-old director has employed various techniques in a bid to bring his movies to life over the years, making stars appear as if they are sword fighting in mid-air in 'Crouching Tiger', 'Hidden Dragon' and creating a life-like tiger for his new adventure movie 'Life of Pi', reported Hollywood Life.
And now the filmmaker will be feted for all his hard work with the Visionary Award on February 5.
"(Lee) pushed the envelope of creation of visual effects for telling a story. In our generation, only Star Wars did that," Jeff Okun, Executive, said.
The inaugural trophy was handed to 'Inception' director Christopher Nolan last year.
