Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Director (Tragedy/Drama)

The Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) is presented by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies at the Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding direction in a tragedy or drama production of the year.

Past winners

Year	Name [1] [2]	Title	Theatre company/production	Ref.
1992 (1st)	Chung King-fai	M. Butterfly 蝴蝶君	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Lee Ming-sum	Uncle Doggie's Nirvana [a] 狗兒爺涅槃
	Ko Tin-lung	One of the Lucky Ones 伴我同行 [b]
1993 (2nd)		I Have a Date with Spring 和春天有個約會
	May Fu Yuet-mai	The night rider 黑夜衝激
	John Chung	Endgame 殘局 [c]	Seal Players
1994 (3rd)	Fredric Mao	The Legend of a Storyteller 說書人柳敬亭 [d]	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	瘋癲皇帝 lit. 'The Insane Emperor '	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Ko Tin-lung	The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
1995 (4th)	Fredric Mao	Children of the Wind 風中細路	The Musical Company
	Dominic Cheung Ho-kin	Johnny Got His Guns 情危生命線	旭日坊劇團 lit. 'Rising Sun Theatre Company'
	Tang Shu-wing	Deathtrap 月黑風高殺人夜	Exploration Theatre
1996 (5th)	Chung King-fai and Sammy Lam Lap-sam	The End of the Long River 長河之末	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
	James Mark	Death of a Salesman 推銷員之死	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Ho Ying-fung	Entering Miss Julie 元洲街茱莉小姐的最後一夜 [e]	Theatre Resolu
1997 (6th)	Chung King-fai	The Shadow Box 明月明年何處看 [f]	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	May Fu Yuet-mai, Lo Wai-luk and Pak Yiu-charn	And the Boat Sailed On 起航!討海號	Amity Drama Club
	Ho Ying-fung	Miss Julie Doesn't Live Here Anymore 元洲街茱莉小姐不再在這裡	Theatre Fanatical
1998 (7th)	Fredric Mao	The girl who turned the world upside down 跟住個𡃁妹氹氹轉	毛俊輝實驗創作 lit. 'Mao Chun Fai's Experimental Works'
	Jacob Yu	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 叛艦記WWII	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Chung King-fai	瘋雨狂居 lit. 'Mad Rain, Wild Home'	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
1999 (8th)	Daniel Yang	De Ling & Empress Dowager Ci Xi 德齡與慈禧	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Victor Pang	Up he climbs, Down she crawls 狷窿狷罅擒高擒低	Actors' Family
	Chung King-fai and Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	The Dresser 風雨守衣箱 [g]	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Lee Ming-sum and Desmond Tang	The Wilderness 原野	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
2000 (9th)	Weigo Lee Kwok-wai	Cricket in My Life 三姊妹與哥哥和一隻蟋蟀 [h]	Prospects Theatre
	Fredric Mao	Forever and Ever 地久天長	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Chung King-fai	A Sentimental Journey 劍雪浮生	The Spring-Time Group
2001 (10th)	Lee Ming-sum	The Top Restaurant 天下第一樓 [i]	Spring-Time Experimental Theatre
	Fredric Mao	Red Boat 煙雨紅船 lit. 'Red Boat in the Mist and Rain '	Emperor Entertainment Group
	Poon Wai-sum	Hu Xueyan, My Dear 親愛的‧胡雪巖	TNT Theatre
2002 (11st)	Lee Ming-sum	What a Blissful Encounter, Mr. Ts'ai! 幸遇先生蔡	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Dominic Cheung	Ng Wong the Swordsman 大刀王五	Theatre Space
	Victor Pang	The Border Town 邊城	Actors' Family
2003 (12nd)	Fedric Mao	Secret of Resurrection 還魂香	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Ko Tin-lung	Alive in the Mortuary 留守太平間	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Tang Shu-wing	Between Life and Death 生死界	No Man's Land [j]
2004 (13rd)	Dominic Cheung	Twelve Angry Men 十二怒漢	Theatre Space
	Weigo Lee Kwok-wai	Dragon Head 龍頭	Prospects Theatre
	Victor Pang	The Good Person of Szechwan 四川好人	Actors' Family
2005 (14th)	Cheung Tat-ming	Rotate 270° 旋轉270°	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	May Fu Yuet-mai and Ko Tin-lung	Inherit the Wind 承受清風	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Dominic Cheung	DA 老竇 lit. 'Dad '	Theatre Space
2006 (15th)	Tang Shu-wing	Phaedra 菲爾德	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Fedric Mao	Proof 求證	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Sammy Lam Lap-sam	Trojan women 木馬屠城後傳 [k]	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
2007 (16th)	Tang Shu-wing	Hamlet 哈姆雷特
	Dominic Cheung Ho-kin	Taiji 哲拳太極	Theatre Space
	Desmond Tang Wai-kit	The Unexpected Man 不期而遇的男人	We Draman Group
2008 (17th)	Ko Tin-lung	Tuesdays with Morrie 相約星期二	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Tang Shu-wing	Di Nu Hwa [l] 帝女花	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
	Dominic Cheung Ho-kin	Sunday in the Park with George 點點隔世情 [m]	Theatre Space
2009 (18th)	Andrew Chan	Seven Boxes Possessed of Kafka 卡夫卡的七個箱子	Alice Theatre Laboratory
	Dominic Cheung Ho-kin	Judgment at Nuremberg 紐倫堡大審判	Theatre Space
	Tang Shu-wing	Titus 泰特斯	Hong Kong Arts Festival and No Man's Land [n]
2010 (19th)	Lee Chun-chow	Murder in San José 聖荷西謀殺案	Hong Kong Arts Festival
	Victor Pang	The Passage Beyond 一屋寶貝	Actors' Family
	Tang Shu-wing	Titus Andronicus 2.0 泰特斯2.0	Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
2011 (20th)		Rubik's Cube and its aftermath 魔方變奏	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
	Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	Dr. Faustus 魔鬼契約	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Edmond Lo Chi-sun	Frankenstein 科學怪人	Chung Ying Theatre Company and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
	Hardy Tsoi Sik-cheong	Copenhagen 哥本哈根	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and TNT Theatre
2012 (21st)	Weigo Lee Kwok-wai	Death and the Maiden 不道德的審判 [o]	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Kenson Chan Wing-chuen	Eight Hundred Years of Hatred, Eight Hundred Years of Healing 火之鳥劇場版﹣八百比丘尼	POP Theatre
	Chan Chu-hei	The French Kiss 法吻	Theatre Horizon
2013 (22nd)	Rocelia Fung Wai-hang	Red 紅	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Yu Hon-ting	Nitehawk 夜鷹姊魅	Drama Gallery
	Tang Shu-wing	Another Last Lesson 完不了的最後一課	Chung Ying Theatre Company
2014 (23rd)	Roy Szeto	The Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a Man 都是龍袍惹的禍	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Lee Chun-chow	Smear 屠龍記	Hong Kong Arts Festival
	Chan Chu-hei	Blast 爆．蛹
2015 (24th)	Rocelia Fung Wai-hang	Attempts on Her Life 安‧非她命	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Brenda Chan	The Third Wave 第三波	Arts' Options
	Carmen Lo Ching-man	Informer 報案人	Cinematic Theatre
2016 (25th)	Chan Chu-hei	Lazy People are Always Busy 忙與盲的奮鬥時代	Windmill Grass Theatre
	Fong Chun-kit	Marriage 結婚	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Luther Fung	All My Sons 都是我的孩子	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
2017 (26th)	Lee Chun-chow	Three Brothers 三子	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Roy Szeto	Hu Xueyan, My Dear 親愛的，胡雪巖
	Tang Shu-wing	Macbeth 馬克白	Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
2018 (27th)	Rocelia Fung Wai-hang	Le Père 父親 [p]	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Andrew Chan	The Hong Kong Three Sisters 香港三姊妹	Alice Theatre Laboratory
	Chan Chu-hei	The Massage King 大汗推拿	Windmill Grass Theatre
2019 (28th)	Tony Wong	Rashomon 羅生門	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Fong Chun-kit	Auspicious Day 好日子	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Chan Chu-hei	No News is True News 新聞小花的告白	Windmill Grass Theatre
	Edmond Lo Chi-sun	The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 解憂雜貨店	Chung Ying Theatre Company
2020 (29th)	Lee Chun-chow	May 35th 5月35日	Stage 64	[6]
	Alex Taylor	The Normal Heart 尋常心	Windmill Grass Theatre
	Rocelia Fung Wai-hang	A Dream Like a Dream 如夢之夢	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
2022 (30th)	Chan Chu-hei	No News is True News 2 新聞小花的告白2	Windmill Grass Theatre
	Roy Szeto	The Woman in Kenzo 穿Kenzo的女人	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Chu Pak-him and Yang Yun-tao	A Tale of the Southern Sky 一水南天	Hong Kong Dance Company and Actors' Family
2023 (31st)	Fong Chun-kit	The Impossible Trial 大狀王	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and West Kowloon Cultural District	[7]
	Octavian Chan	One Last Gift 最後禮物	Emperor Entertainment Group
	Tony Wong	We are gay 我們最快樂	Hong Kong Arts Festival
2024 (32nd)	Birdy Wong Ching-yan	I am Tree 植物人	Artocrite Theatre	[8]
	Tony Wong	Romeo and Juliet 茱麗葉與羅密歐	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
	Kingston Lo	Leave Him in The Dust 塵落無聲	Theatre Formula
2025 (33rd)	Roy Szeto and Ata Wong Chun-tat	A Journey of Sanshiro 三四郎	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Drama	[9]
	Ivor Houlker and Michelle Li Yuen-jing	Songs of Innocence and Experience 天真與世故之歌	West Kowloon Cultural District and Rooftop Productions
	Octavian Chan and Rocelia Fung Wai-hang	The Doctor 醫‧道	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre

Notes

1. alternative title Nirvana of Mr. dog ^[3]
2. lit. 'Walk with Me '
3. alternative Chinese title 終局 ^[4]
4. lit. 'Storyteller Liu Jingting '
5. lit. 'Miss Julie's Last Night on Yuen Chau Street '
6. lit. 'Where will I see the bright moon next year? '
7. lit. 'Guarding the Dresser Through Wind and Rain'
8. lit. 'Three Sisters, a Brother, and a Cricket '
9. lit. 'World's Best Lou '
10. now Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio ^[5]
11. lit. 'The Trojan Horse Afterstory '
12. alternative title Princess Changping
13. lit. 'Fragments of Love Beyond Time'
14. now Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio ^[5]
15. lit. 'The Immoral Judgment '
16. lit. 'The father '

References

1. "最佳導演 (悲劇／正劇) - 獲提名者及獲獎者" [Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) - Nominees and Winners]. Hong Kong Drama Awards (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2025. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
2. "最佳導演 (悲劇／正劇) 頁2 - 獲提名者及獲獎者" [Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) page 2 - Nominees and Winners]. Hong Kong Drama Awards (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2025. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
3. "狗兒爺涅槃". Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Libraries. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
4. "點評集：鍾炳霖的回歸". Wenweipo (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 8 March 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
5. "鄧樹榮戲劇工作室" [Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio]. Hong Kong Arts Events Databank. 30 December 2021.
6. "【舞台劇獎】莊梅岩六四故事《5月35日》掃5奬成大贏家 毋懼國安法阻創作" [Candace Chong's play about June Fourth, May 35th, swept five awards to become the big winner. She remains unafraid of the National Security Law's constraints on creative expression.]. 聞庫 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2025. 由編劇莊梅岩編寫的劇目《5月35日》獲得最佳劇本奬、最佳製作、最佳導演（悲劇 / 正劇）、最佳燈光設計和年度優秀製作。[The play May 35th, written by playwright Candace Chong, won five major awards — Best Script, Best Production, Best Director (Tragedy/Tragicomedy), Best Lighting Design, and Outstanding Production of the Year]
7. 何故 (5 December 2023). "《大狀王》叫好叫座屢獲殊榮 香港原創音樂劇顛峰之作｜何故專欄". HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
8. "【舞台劇獎】幹事稱「排除萬難去搞」 多名得獎者台上感謝劇協". Hong Kong Inmedia . 30 April 2024. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
9. 大城誌 (29 April 2025). "斷場地斷資助續辦舞台劇獎 馮祿德：精神尚存定必覓地 盡吐感言理想". 大城誌 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.