Golden Horse Award for Best Director

Golden Horse Award for Best Director
The 2024 recipient: Lou Ye
LocationTaiwan
Presented byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
First awarded1962
Currently held byLou Ye for An Unfinished Film (2024)

The Golden Horse Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards.

Winners and nominees

Year Director Film Other 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

1990s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
1990
(27th) 		Yim Ho Red Dust
Clara Law Farewell, China
Yeh Hung-wei The Story of a Gangster
1991
(28th) 		Wong Kar-wai Days of Being Wild
Stanley Kwan Centre Stage
Ang Lee Pushing Hands
Edward Yang A Brighter Summer Day
1992
(29th) 		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
(30th) 		Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet
Clara Law Autumn Moon
Jacob Cheung Cageman
Derek Yee C'est la vie, mon chéri
1994
(31st) 		Tsai Ming-liang Vive L'Amour
Stanley Kwan Red Rose, White Rose
Wong Kar-wai Chungking Express
Edward Yang A Confucian Confusion
1995
(32nd) 		Hou Hsiao-hsien Good Men, Good Women
Ann Hui Summer Snow
Chen Yu-hsun Tropical Fish
Wan Jen Super Citizen Ko
1996
(33rd) 		Jiang Wen In the Heat of the Sun
Clara Law Floating Life
Wang Toon Red Persimmon
Derek Yee and Law Chi-leung Viva Erotica
1997
(34th) 		Fruit Chan Made in Hong Kong
Wong Kar-wai Happy Together
Ho Ping Wolves Cry Under the Moon
Clifton Ko The Mad Phoenix
1998
(35th) 		Joan Chen Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
Hou Hsiao-hsien Flowers of Shanghai
Chen Kuo-fu The Personals
Mabel Cheung City of Glass
1999
(36th) 		Ann Hui Ordinary Heroes
Teddy Chan Purple Storm
Ringo Lam Victim
Chang Tso-chi Darkness and Light

2000s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2000
(37th) 		Johnnie To The Mission
Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wong Kar-wai In the Mood for Love
Ann Hu Shadow Magic
2001
(38th) 		Stanley Kwan Lan Yu
Fruit Chan Durian Durian
Tsai Ming-liang What Time Is It There?
Wang Xiaoshuai Beijing Bicycle
2002
(39th) 		Fruit Chan Hollywood Hong Kong
Peter Chan Three: Going Home
Lam Wah-tsuen The Runaway Pistol
Chang Tso-chi The Best of Times
2003
(40th) 		Andrew Lau and Alan Mak Infernal Affairs
Pang Ho-cheung Men Suddenly in Black
Johnnie To PTU
Tsai Ming-liang Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2004
(41st) 		Johnnie To Breaking News
Fruit Chan Dumplings
Derek Yee One Nite in Mongkok
Lu Chuan Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
2005
(42nd) 		Stephen Chow Kung Fu Hustle
Hou Hsiao-hsien Three Times
Johnnie To Election
Tsai Ming-liang The Wayward Cloud
2006
(43rd) 		Peter Chan Perhaps Love
Johnnie To Exiled
Su Chao-pin Silk
Ning Hao Crazy Stone
2007
(44th) 		Ang Lee Lust, Caution
Derek Yee Protégé
Yau Nai-hoi Eye in the Sky
Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises
2008
(45th) 		Peter Chan The Warlords
Sylvia Chang Run Papa Run
Pang Ho-cheung Trivial Matters
Wei Te-sheng Cape No. 7
2009
(46th) 		Leon Dai Cannot Live Without You
Clara Law Like a Dream
Tsai Ming-liang Face
Guan Hu Cow

2010s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2010
(47th) 		Chung Mong-hong The Fourth Portrait
Teddy Chan Bodyguards and Assassins
Liu Jie Judge
Chang Tso-chi When Love Comes
2011
(48th) 		Ann Hui A Simple Life
Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly
Wei Te-sheng Seediq Bale
Zhang Meng The Piano in a Factory
2012
(49th) 		Johnnie To Life Without Principle
Lou Ye Mystery
Yang Ya-che Girlfriend, Boyfriend
Gao Qunshu Beijing Blues
Doze Niu Love
2013
(50th) 		Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs
Jia Zhangke A Touch of Sin
Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster
Johnnie To Drug War
Chung Mong-hong Soul
2014
(51st) 		Ann Hui The Golden Era
Lou Ye Blind Massage
Diao Yinan Black Coal, Thin Ice
Midi Z Ice Poison
Wang Xiaoshuai Red Amnesia
2015
(52nd) 		Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin
Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart
Pema Tseden Tharlo
Tsui Hark The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Chang Tso-chi Thanatos, Drunk
2016
(53rd) 		Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary
Derek Tsang Soul Mate
Johnnie To Three
Chung Mong-hong Godspeed
Midi Z The Road to Mandalay
2017
(54th) 		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
(55th) 		Zhang Yimou Shadow
Lou Ye A Rain Cloud in the Sky
Bi Gan Long Day's Journey into Night
Pema Tseden Jinpa
Jiang Wen Hidden Man
2019
(56th) 		Chung Mong-hong A Sun
Anthony Chen Wet Season
Tom Lin Shu-yu The Garden of Evening Mists
Midi Z Nina Wu
Chang Tso-chi Synapses

2020s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2020
(58th) 		Chen Yu-hsun My Missing Valentine
Tsai Ming-liang Days
Huang Hsin-yao Classmates Minus
Cheng Yu-chieh Dear Tenant
Fruit Chan The Abortionist
2021
(58th) 		Clara Law Drifting Petals
Cheng Wei-hao The Soul
Chung Mong-hong The Falls
Jun Li Drifting
Ho Wi-ding, Hu Chih-hsin Terrorizers
2022
(59th) 		Laha Mebow Gaga
Cheang Pou-soi Limbo
Kevin Ko Incantation
Chang Tso-chi Flotsam and Jetsam
Chan Ching-lin Coo-Coo 043
2023
(60th) 		Hsiao Ya-chuan Old Fox [1]
Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka Stonewalling
Cheng Wei-hao Marry My Dead Body
Chong Keat Aun Snow in Midsummer
Wong Ching-po The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon
2024
(61st) 		Lou Ye An Unfinished Film [2]
Geng Jun Bel Ami
Yeo Siew Hua Stranger Eyes
Ray Yeung All Shall Be Well
John Hsu Dead Talents Society

See also

References

  1. ^ Shackleton, Liz (2023-11-25). "'Stonewalling' Wins Best Film At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ Wong, Silvia (24 November 2024). "'An Unfinished Film', 'Bel Ami' among top winners at Golden Horse Awards". Screen International. Retrieved 2024-11-25.