Yet given the sudden nature of his passing - not to mention his desire to achieve a certain level of fame - Lee left many ideas and works unfinished. What is Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Emery Lee up to now? Such was Lee's awesome screen presence and his innovative action scenes that this bare handful of films was enough to canonise him as a silver screen great and one of the best martial artists of all time. The martial arts hero's most iconic film - at least in the West - Enter the Dragon was released after he had passed away. That film made him a star, but within two years Lee was dead.
True, he made his screen debut in Golden Gate Girl in 1941 as a three-month old baby, but it would be another 30 years before Lee got a leading role in a martial arts movie in The Big Boss.
One of the most remarkable things about Bruce Lee is that he became iconic in such a short space of time. Warrior, which stars Andrew Koji, honours the martial arts hero's original vision, which was rumoured to be stolen for a 1971 film starring David Carradine.Hailing from Hong Kong and based in the US, Lee worked on The Silent Flute, also known as The Circle of Iron, with Stirling Silliphant and Hollywood actor James Coburn.