(XINHUA)

Director Ang Lee's 3D fantasy film Life of Pi received 11 nominations ahead of the 85th Academy Awards, including for best film and director, as announced on January 10 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The award ceremony will be held on February 24. Lee won the Academy Award for best foreign language film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and won the Oscar for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain, becoming the first Asian to palm the title.