MUMBAI: The Visual Effects Society is all set to honour filmmaker Ang Lee with the Visionary Award at the Visual Effects Awards here next month.

In a bid to bring his films to life over the years, the director has employed various techniques in his earlier films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and creating a life-like tiger for his new adventure film Life of Pi.

Said Executive of Visual Effects Society Jeff Okun, "Lee pushed the envelope of creation of visual effects for telling a story. In our generation, only Star Wars did that."

The 58-year-old will be feted for all his hard work with the award on 5 February.

The inaugural trophy was handed to Inception director Christopher Nolan last year.