MUMBAI: Often we see, successful TV celebrities moving to films to widen their reach. But in case of director Ang Lee, things are different.

The celebrated director, who recently won the best director Oscar for Life of Pi is soon to make his TV directorial debut.
 
Lee has signed up to direct the pilot episode of US network FX‘s Tyrant that tells the story of an American family pulled into a Middle East conflict.

Said FX president John Landgraf, "Time and again Ang Lee has demonstrated an ability to present characters with such depth and specificity that they reveal the universal human condition. No one could be a more perfect film maker to bring Tyrant to indelible life."
 
The show is slated to go on the floors this summer.