Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
Awarded for	Achievement in cinematic direction
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First awarded	1982
Currently held by	Ann Hui (2012)

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a director for the best achievement in cinematic direction.

History

The award was established at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards (1982) and the first winner and the sole participant in this category was Allen Fong for his film Father and Son. From the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983), there are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Director from which one director is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director. The most recent recipient of the award was Ann Hui, who was honoured at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards (2012), for her film A Simple Life.

The directors with most awards in this category is Ann Hui with 4 times, followed by Allen Fong and Johnnie To with 3 times each. Ann Hui and Mabel Cheung are the only women who won in this category.

Winners and nominees

Year	Director	Film	Note
1982 (1st)	Allen Fong	Father and Son	[1]
1983 (2nd)	Ann Hui	Boat People	[2]
1983 (2nd)	David Lai	Lonely Fifteen
1983 (2nd)	Sammo Hung	The Prodigal Son
1983 (2nd)	Choi Gai-Kwong	Teenage Dreamers
1983 (2nd)	Patrick Tam Kar-Ming	Nomad
1984 (3rd)	Allen Fong	Ah Ying	[3]
1984 (3rd)	Li Han-Xiang	Burning of the Imperial Palace
1984 (3rd)	Wu Ma	The Dead and the Deadly
1984 (3rd)	Teddy Robin	All the Wrong Spies
1984 (3rd)	Kirk Wong	Health Warning
1985 (4th)	Yim Ho	Homecoming	[4]
1985 (4th)	Tsui Hark	Shanghai Blues
1985 (4th)	Johnny Mak	Long Arm of the Law
1985 (4th)	Leung Po-Chi	Hong Kong 1941
1985 (4th)	Danny Lee Sau-Yin	Law with Two Phases
1986 (5th)	Mabel Cheung	Illegal Immigrant	[5]
1986 (5th)	Stanley Kwan	Women
1986 (5th)	Ricky Lau	Mr. Vampire
1986 (5th)	Sammo Hung	Heart of Dragon
1986 (5th)	Jackie Chan	Police Story
1987 (6th)	Allen Fong	Just Like Weather	[6]
1987 (6th)	Stephen Shin	Brotherhood
1987 (6th)	John Woo	A Better Tomorrow
1987 (6th)	Derek Yee	The Lunatics
1987 (6th)	Li Han-Xiang	The Last Emperor
1987 (6th)	Stanley Kwan	Love Unto Waste
1988 (7th)	Ringo Lam	City on Fire	[7]
1988 (7th)	Ching Siu-tung	A Chinese Ghost Story
1988 (7th)	Mabel Cheung	An Autumn's Tale
1988 (7th)	Ringo Lam	Prison on Fire
1988 (7th)	Ann Hui	The Romance of Book & Sword
1988 (7th)	Patrick Tam	Final Victory
1989 (8th)	Stanley Kwan	Rouge	[8]
1989 (8th)	Lawrence Ah Mon	Gangs
1989 (8th)	Alex Law	Painted Faces
1989 (8th)	Wong Kar-wai	As Tears Go By
1989 (8th)	Jacob Cheung	Last Eunuch in China
1990 (9th)	John Woo	The Killer	[9]
1990 (9th)	Johnnie To	All About Ah-Long
1990 (9th)	Jacob Cheung	Beyond the Sunset
1990 (9th)	Anthony Chan Yau	A Fishy Story
1990 (9th)	Mabel Cheung	Eight Taels of Gold
1991 (10th)	Wong Kar-wai	Days of Being Wild	[10]
1991 (10th)	John Woo	Bullet in the Head
1991 (10th)	Ann Hui	Song of the Exile
1991 (10th)	Yim Ho	Red Dust
1991 (10th)	Clara Law	Farewell China
1992 (11th)	Tsui Hark	Once Upon a Time in China	[11]
1992 (11th)	John Woo	Once a Thief
1992 (11th)	Gordon Chan	Fight Back to School
1992 (11th)	Lawrence Ah Mon	Lee Rock
1992 (11th)	Poon Man-Kit	To Be Number One
1993 (12th)	Jacob Cheung	Cageman	[12]
1993 (12th)	Jeffrey Lau	92 Legendary La Rose Noire
1993 (12th)	Gordon Chan	King of Beggars
1993 (12th)	Tsui Hark	Once Upon a Time in China II
1993 (12th)	Stanley Kwan	Center Stage
1994 (13th)	Derek Yee	C'est la vie, mon chéri	[13]
1994 (13th)	Kirk Wong	Crime Story
1994 (13th)	Cha Yuen-Yee	Legal Innocence
1994 (13th)	Peter Chan Lee Chi-Ngai	Tom, Dick and Hairy
1994 (13th)	Clara Law	Temptation of a Monk
1995 (14th)	Wong Kar-wai	Chungking Express	[14]
1995 (14th)	Wong Kar-wai	Ashes of Time
1995 (14th)	Peter Chan	He's a Woman, She's a Man
1995 (14th)	Tsui Hark	The Lovers
1995 (14th)	Gordon Chan	The Final Option
1996 (15th)	Ann Hui	Summer Snow	[15]
1996 (15th)	Derek Yee	Full Throttle
1996 (15th)	Wong Kar-wai	Fallen Angels
1996 (15th)	Yim Ho	The Day the Sun Turned Cold
1996 (15th)	Johnnie To	Loving You
1997 (16th)	Peter Chan	Comrades: Almost a Love Story	[16]
1997 (16th)	Derek Chiu	The Log
1997 (16th)	Derek Yee Lau Chi-Leung	Viva Erotica
1997 (16th)	Shu Kei	Hu Du Men
1997 (16th)	Benny Chan	Big Bullet
1998 (17th)	Fruit Chan	Made in Hong Kong	[17]
1998 (17th)	Wong Kar-wai	Happy Together
1998 (17th)	Ringo Lam	Full Alert
1998 (17th)	Mabel Cheung	The Soong Sisters
1998 (17th)	Johnnie To	Lifeline
1999 (18th)	Gordon Chan Dante Lam	Beast Cops	[18]
1999 (18th)	Stanley Kwan	Hold You Tight
1999 (18th)	Fruit Chan	The Longest Summer
1999 (18th)	Mabel Cheung	City of Glass
1999 (18th)	Patrick Yau	The Longest Nite
2000 (19th)	Johnnie To	The Mission	[19]
2000 (19th)	Sylvia Chang	Tempting Heart
2000 (19th)	Ann Hui	Ordinary Heroes
2000 (19th)	Ringo Lam	The Victim
2000 (19th)	Johnnie To	Running Out of Time
2001 (20th)	Ang Lee	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	[20]
2001 (20th)	Wong Kar-wai	In the Mood for Love
2001 (20th)	Fruit Chan	Durian, Durian
2001 (20th)	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai	Needing You...
2001 (20th)	Wilson Yip	Juliet in Love
2002 (21st)	Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer	[21]
2002 (21st)	Ann Hui	July Rhapsody
2002 (21st)	Stanley Kwan	Lan Yu
2002 (21st)	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai	Love on a Diet
2002 (21st)	Ann Hui	Visible Secret
2003 (22nd)	Andrew Lau Alan Mak	Infernal Affairs	[22]
2003 (22nd)	Law Chi-Leung	Inner Senses
2003 (22nd)	Peter Chan	Three: Going Home
2003 (22nd)	Fruit Chan	Hollywood Hong Kong
2003 (22nd)	Zhang Yimou	Hero
2004 (23rd)	Johnnie To	PTU	[23]
2004 (23rd)	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai	Running on Karma
2004 (23rd)	Derek Yee	Lost in Time
2004 (23rd)	Andrew Lau Alan Mak	Infernal Affairs II
2004 (23rd)	Benny Chan Muk-Sing	Heroic Duo
2005 (24th)	Derek Yee	One Nite in Mongkok	[24]
2005 (24th)	Wong Kar-wai	2046
2005 (24th)	Stephen Chow	Kung Fu Hustle
2005 (24th)	Benny Chan Muk-Sing	New Police Story
2005 (24th)	Johnnie To	Breaking News
2006 (25th)	Johnnie To	Election	[25]
2006 (25th)	Derek Yee	2 Young
2006 (25th)	Andrew Lau Alan Mak	Initial D
2006 (25th)	Peter Chan	Perhaps Love
2006 (25th)	Tsui Hark	Seven Swords
2007 (26th)	Patrick Tam Kar-Ming	After This Our Exile	[26]
2007 (26th)	Jacob Cheung	Battle of Wits
2007 (26th)	Johnnie To	Election 2
2007 (26th)	Johnnie To	Exiled
2007 (26th)	Zhang Yimou	Curse of the Golden Flower
2008 (27th)	Peter Chan	The Warlords	[27]
2008 (27th)	Ann Hui	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2008 (27th)	Yau Nai-Hoi	Eye in the Sky
2008 (27th)	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai	Mad Detective
2008 (27th)	Derek Yee	Protégé
2009 (28th)	Ann Hui	The Way We Are	[28]
2009 (28th)	Benny Chan	Connected
2009 (28th)	John Woo	Red Cliff
2009 (28th)	Johnnie To	Sparrow
2009 (28th)	Wilson Yip	Ip Man
2010 (29th)	Teddy Chan	Bodyguards and Assassins
2010 (29th)	Ann Hui	Night and Fog
2010 (29th)	John Woo	Red Cliff II
2010 (29th)	Derek Yee	Shinjuku Incident
2010 (29th)	Alan Mak and Felix Chong	Overheard
2011 (29th)	Tsui Hark	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2011 (30th)	Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng	Gallants
2011 (30th)	Wilson Yip	Ip Man 2
2011 (30th)	Su Chao-pin	Reign of Assassins
2011 (30th)	Dante Lam	The Stool Pigeon
2012 (31st)	Ann Hui	A Simple Life
2012 (31st)	Johnnie To	Life without Principle
2012 (31st)	Tsui Hark	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
2012 (31st)	Alan Mak and Felix Chong	Overheard 2
2012 (31st)	Jiang Wen	Let the Bullets Fly

See also

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer

References

1. "1st Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
2. "2nd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
3. "3rd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
4. "4th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
5. "5th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
6. "6th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
7. "7th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
8. "8th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
9. "9th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
10. "10th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
11. "11th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
12. "12th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
13. "13th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
14. "14th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
15. "15th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
16. "16th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
17. "17th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
18. "18th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
19. "19th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
20. "20th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
21. "21st Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
22. "22nd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
23. "23rd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
24. "24th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
25. "25th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
26. "26th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
27. "27th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
28. "28th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.

External links

• Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site