Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee will make his TV directorial debut on the pilot for News Corp’s FX’s new drama series “Tyrant.”

Not coincidentally, “Life of Pi” was distributed by News Corp’s Fox.

“Tyrant,” about an American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation, was created by Gideon Raff, whose Israeli series “Prisoners of War” was the source material for “Homeland.”

Howard Gordon and Craig Wright “developed” the new FX series.

Lee’s not the first director to migrate from big screen to small after winning an Oscar. Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for “Hurt Locker” and then signed on to direct the pilot for HBO’s “The Miraculous Year,” about a New York family as seen through the lens of a self-destructive Broadway composer.

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憑借《少年派的奇幻漂流》一舉獲得奧斯卡最佳導(dǎo)演的李安將要轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)電視劇，以導(dǎo)演和制片人身份為FX電視網(wǎng)制作新劇《暴君》，這將是李安首次執(zhí)導(dǎo)美劇，同時也是他在奧斯卡后的第一份導(dǎo)演工作。

據(jù)FX電視網(wǎng)透露，《暴君》講述的是一個被牽扯進中東的動蕩局勢中的故事。故事的主創(chuàng)霍華德·戈登則是《國土安全》的編劇。

《國土安全》之前曾獲得第64屆艾美獎劇情類最佳劇集、70屆金球獎劇情類最佳劇集等多項大獎。

李安已經(jīng)不是電影轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)電視劇的第一人了。之前憑借《拆彈部隊》獲得奧斯卡最佳影片的導(dǎo)演凱瑟琳·畢格羅也在獲獎后拾起電視劇導(dǎo)演身份拍攝了HBO劇集《奇跡年代》。