Golden Horse Award for Best Director

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Golden Horse Award for Best Director
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The 2023 recipient: Hsiao Ya-chuan
Location Taiwan
Presented byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
First awarded 1962
Currently held by Hsiao Ya-chuan for Old Fox (2023)

The Golden Horse Award for Best Director is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards. [1]

Winners and nominees

YearDirectorFilmOther nominees
1962 Doe Ching Les Belles
1963 Li Han-hsiang The Love Eterne
1965 Li Hsing Beautiful Duckling
1966 Li Han-hsiang Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties
1967 Lee Chia Orchids and My Love
1968 Pai Ching-jui Lonely Seventeen
1969 Pai Ching-jui The Bride and I
1970 Chang Tseng-chai From the Highway
1971 Ting Shan-hsi The Ammunition Hunter
1972 Li Hsing Execution in Autumn
1973 Cheng Kang The 14 Amazons
1975 Liu Yi Long Way from Home
1976 Chang Pei-cheng The Venturer
1977 Chang Tseng-chai Heroes in the Eastern Sky
1978 Li Hsing He Never Gives Up Chen Yao-chi - The Diary of Di Di
Michael Hui - The Contract
1979 King Hu Legend of the Mountain Li Hsing - The Story of a Small Town
Tu Chung-hsun - A Special Smile
1980 Wang Chu-chin The Legend of the Six Dynasty Ann Hui - The Secret
Ting Shan-hsi - Magnificent 72
1981 Tsui Hark All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution Lin Jing-jie  [ zh ] - Tong Ban Tong Xue
Patrick Tam - Love Massacre
1982 Alex Cheung Man on the Brink Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Green, Green Grass of Home
Peter Yung - Life After Life
1983 Chen Kun-hou Growing Up Choi Kai-kwong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Edward Yang - That Day, on the Beach
1984 Johnny Mak Long Arm of the Law Chang Yi - Jade Love
Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Boys from Fengkuei
1985 Chang Yi Kuei-Mei, a Woman Chen Kun-hou - His Matrimony
Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1986 John Woo A Better Tomorrow Sylvia Chang - Passion
Li Hsing - The Heroic Pioneers
1987 Wang Toon Strawman Jackie Chan - Project A II
Mabel Cheung - An Autumn's Tale
1988 Alex Law Painted Faces Ann Hui - Starry is the Night
Wong Kar-wai - As Tears Go By
1989 Hou Hsiao-hsien City of Sadness Stanley Kwan - Full Moon in New York
Yang Li-kuo - The Dull-Ice Flower
1990 Yim Ho Red Dust Clara Law - Farewell, China
Yeh Hung-wei - The Story of a Gangster
1991 Wong Kar-wai Days of Being Wild Stanley Kwan - Centre Stage
Ang Lee - Pushing Hands
Edward Yang - A Brighter Summer Day
1992 Wang Toon Hill of No Return Evans Chan - To Liv(e)
Chou Tan - The Noblest Way to Die
Tsai Ming-liang - Rebels of the Neon God
1993 Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet Jacob Cheung - Cageman
Clara Law - Autumn Moon
Derek Yee - C'est la vie, mon chéri
1994 Tsai Ming-liang Vive L'Amour Stanley Kwan - Red Rose, White Rose
Wong Kar-wai - Chungking Express
Edward Yang - A Confucian Confusion
1995 Hou Hsiao-hsien Good Men, Good Women Chen Yu-hsun - Tropical Fish
Ann Hui - Summer Snow
Wan Jen - Super Citizen Ko
1996 Jiang Wen In the Heat of the Sun Clara Law - Floating Life
Wang Toon - Red Persimmon
Derek Yee and Lo Chi-leung - Viva Erotica
1997 Fruit Chan Made in Hong Kong Ho Ping - Wolves Cry Under the Moon
Clifton Ko - The Mad Phoenix
Wong Kar-wai - Happy Together
1998 Joan Chen Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Chen Kuo-fu - The Personals
Mabel Cheung - City of Glass
Hou Hsiao-hsien - Flowers of Shanghai
1999 Ann Hui Ordinary Heroes Chang Tso-chi - Darkness and Light
Teddy Chan - Purple Storm
Ringo Lam - Victim
2000 Johnnie To The Mission Ann Hu - Shadow Magic
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wong Kar-wai - In the Mood for Love
2001 Stanley Kwan Lan Yu Fruit Chan - Durian Durian
Tsai Ming-liang - What Time Is It There?
Wang Xiaoshuai - Beijing Bicycle
2002 Fruit Chan Hollywood Hong Kong Peter Chan - Three: Going Home
Chang Tso-chi - The Best of Times
Lam Wah-tsuen - The Runaway Pistol
2003 Andrew Lau and Alan Mak Infernal Affairs Pang Ho-cheung - Men Suddenly in Black
Johnnie To - PTU
Tsai Ming-liang - Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2004 Johnnie To Breaking News Fruit Chan - Three...Extremes: Dumplings
Lu Chuan - Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Derek Yee - One Nite in Mongkok
2005 Stephen Chow Kung Fu Hustle Hou Hsiao-hsien - Three Times
Johnnie To - Election
Tsai Ming-liang - The Wayward Cloud
2006 Peter Chan Perhaps Love Ning Hao - Crazy Stone
Su Chao-pin - Silk
Johnnie To - Exiled
2007 Ang Lee Lust, Caution Jiang Wen - The Sun Also Rises
Yau Nai-hoi - Eye in the Sky
Derek Yee - Protégé
2008 Peter Chan The Warlords Sylvia Chang - Run Papa Run
Pang Ho-cheung - Trivial Matters
Wei Te-sheng - Cape No. 7
2009 Leon Dai No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti Guan Hu - Cow
Clara Law - Like a Dream
Tsai Ming-liang - Face
2010 Chung Mong-hong The Fourth Portrait Teddy Chan - Bodyguards and Assassins
Chang Tso-chi - When Love Comes
Liu Jie - Judge
2011 Ann Hui A Simple Life Jiang Wen - Let the Bullets Fly
Wei Te-sheng - Seediq Bale
Zhang Meng - The Piano in a Factory
2012 Johnnie To Life Without Principle Gao Qunshu - Beijing Blues
Lou Ye - Mystery
Doze Niu - Love
Yang Ya-che - Girlfriend, Boyfriend
2013 Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs Chung Mong-hong - Soul
Jia Zhangke - A Touch of Sin
Johnnie To - Drug War
Wong Kar-wai - The Grandmaster
2014 Ann Hui The Golden Era Diao Yinan - Black Coal, Thin Ice
Lou Ye - Blind Massage
Wang Xiaoshuai - Red Amnesia
Midi Z - Ice Poison
2015 Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin Chang Tso-chi - Thanatos, Drunk
Jia Zhangke - Mountains May Depart
Pema Tseden - Tharlo
Tsui Hark - The Taking of Tiger Mountain
2016 Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary Chung Mong-hong - Godspeed
Johnnie To - Three
Derek Tsang - Soul Mate
Midi Z - The Road to Mandalay
2017 Vivian Qu Angels Wear White Geng Jun Free and Easy
Sylvia Chang Love Education
Ann Hui Our Time Will Come
Yang Ya-che The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful
2018 Zhang Yimou Shadow Jiang Wen Hidden Man
Lou Ye A Rain Cloud in the Sky
Bi Gan Long Day's Journey into Night
Pema Tseden Jinpa
2019 Chung Mong-hong A Sun
2020Chen Yu-Hsun My Missing Valentine
2021 Clara Law Drifting Petals
2022 Laha Mebow Gaga
2023 Hsiao Ya-chuan Old Fox

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References

  1. "[Golden Horse Awards by year]". Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards. Retrieved 18 August 2020.