Ang Lee including the Best Director from Independent Spirit. The three films show the Confucian family at risk and star the Taiwanese Chinese actor Sihung Lung to form what has been called Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy. In 1995, Lee directed Columbia TriStar's British classic "Sense and Sensibility". This made Lee a second-time winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won Best Adapted Screenplay for screenwriter Emma Thompson, who also starred in the movie alongside Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant and Kate Winslet. "Sense and Sensibility" also won the Golden Globe Award
Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) garnered several award nominations for their work on the drama. At the 14th Shanghai Television Festival, the series was nominated for Magnolia Award for Best Television Film or Miniseries, Alexander won the Best Television Film Director award, while Morahan won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Film for her turn as Elinor Dashwood. Davies was nominated in the Writer's Award category at the 35th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for his screenplay, and Clapton received a nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for a Television Movie or Mini-Series at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. For his work on the score,