Asian Film Award for Best Director

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Asian Film Awards
for Best Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda Cannes 2015.jpg
The 2023 and 2024 recipient: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Awarded forBest direction in Asian Cinema in the year
Presented by Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
First awarded 2007
Last awarded 2024
Winner (2024) Hirokazu Kore-eda
Website www.asianfilmawards.asia
 16th · 17th Asian Film Awards · 18th 

Asian Film Award for Best Director has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Winners and nominees

2000s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Zhangke Still Life 三峡好人
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 해변의 여인
Flag of Iran.svg Jafar Panahi Offside آفساید
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Johnnie To Exiled 放逐
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Ming-liang I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 黑眼圈
Flag of Thailand.svg Apichatpong Weerasethakul Syndromes and a Century อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล
2008 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine 밀양
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Peter Chan The Warlords 投名状
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ang Lee Lust, Caution 投名状
Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない
Flag of South Korea.svg Zhang Lu Desert Dream 경계
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Koreeda Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaogang If You Are the One 非诚勿扰
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈
Flag of the Philippines.svg Brillante Mendoza Service Serbis
Flag of Japan.svg Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 崖の上のポニョ
Flag of Hong Kong.svg John Woo Red Cliff

2010s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2010 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Chuan City of Life and Death 南京! 南京!
Flag of South Korea.svg Bong Joon-ho Mother 마더
Flag of Iran.svg Asghar Farhadi About Elly درباره الی, Darbareye Elly
Flag of the Philippines.svg Brillante Mendoza GrandmotherLola
Flag of Japan.svg Sion Sono Love Exposure 愛のむきだし
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yonfan Prince of Tears 淚王子
2011 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong Poetry
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaogang Aftershock 唐山大地震
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Miike 13 Assassins 十三人の刺客
Flag of South Korea.svg Na Hong-jin The Yellow Sea 황해
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions 告白
2012 Flag of Iran.svg Asghar Farhadi A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین, Jodái-e Náder az Simin
Flag of Indonesia.svg Teddy Soeriaatmadja Lovely Man
Flag of Japan.svg Sion Sono Guilty of Romance 恋の罪
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tsui Hark Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wei Te-sheng Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yimou The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗
2013 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kitano Outrage Beyond アウトレイジ ビヨンド
Flag of India.svg Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2
Flag of Iran.svg Abbas Kiarostami Like Someone in Love ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ki-duk Pietà 피에타
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lou Ye Mystery 浮城谜事
2014 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster 一代宗師
Flag of South Korea.svg Bong Joon-ho Snowpiercer 설국열차
Flag of Singapore.svg Anthony Chen Ilo Ilo 爸妈不在家
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Koreeda Like Father, Like Son そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs Jiao You
2015 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ann Hui The Golden Era 黃金時代
Flag of India.svg Vishal Bhardwaj Haider
Flag of the Philippines.svg Lav Diaz From What Is Before Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Sang-soo Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lou Ye Blind Massage 推拿
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Tsukamoto Fires on the Plain Nobi
2016 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guan Hu Mr. Six 老炮兒
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart 山河故人
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda Our Little Sister 海街diary
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryoo Seung-wan Veteran 베테랑
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Na Hong-jin The Wailing 곡성
Flag of the Philippines.svg Lav Diaz The Woman Who Left Ang Babaeng Humayo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲
Flag of Japan.svg Kōji Fukada Harmonium 淵に立つ
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Derek Tsang Soul Mate 七月與安生
2018
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Ishii The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue 映画 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Sylvia Chang Love Education 相愛相親
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Kaige Legend of the Demon Cat 妖猫传
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaogang Youth 芳华
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Sang-soo The Day After 그 후
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ann Hui Our Time Will Come 明月幾時有
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong Burning 버닝
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pema Tseden Jinpa 撞死了一只羊
Flag of India.svg Rajkumar Hirani Sanju
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda Shoplifters 万引き家族
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Fruit Chan Three Husbands 三夫

2020s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2020 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoshuai So Long, My Son 地久天长
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pema Tseden Balloon དབུགས་ལྒང་། (Tibetan); 气球 (Simplified Chinese)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Ming-liang Days 日子
Flag of South Korea.svg Bong Joon-ho Parasite 기생충
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chung Mong-hong A Sun 陽光普照
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiro Suwa Voices in the Wind風の電話
2021 [5] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yimou One Second 秒钟
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Adhilkan YerzhanovYellow Cat
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Kurosawa Wife of a Spy スパイの妻
Flag of Japan.svg Ryusuke Hamaguchi Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Joon-ik The Book of Fish 자산어보
2023 [6]
Flag of South Korea.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda Broker 브로커
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Chan-wook Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심
Flag of Japan.svg Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー
Flag of Cambodia.svg Davy Chou Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Darezhan Omirbaev Poet Akyn
2024
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda Monster 怪物
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Xiaogang Dwelling by the West Lake草木人間
Flag of Japan.svg Ryusuke Hamaguchi Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sung-su 12.12: The Day 서울의 봄
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Prasanna Vithanage Paradise

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