Since LEE started making documentaries in 1999, he has directed over 20 works of various lengths. His accolades include four Golden Harvest Awards, four Taiwan Choreography Awards, and Golden Bell Award for Best Director. His works have been featured and nominated in the Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Taipei Film Festival, and Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary as well as many international venues. In the past ten years, he has devoted himself to the filming of The Burmese Guerrilla Trilogy and Myanmar Remembered, exploring the war legacy and national identity issues in Taiwan and Southeast Asia after World War II and the Cold War. His Recent works explore forgotten figures in Taiwanese art history, as well as historical memories of land and space. When Airplanes Fly Across is LEE’s latest addition to his "Memory of home " series.