Awards & Winners

Asian Film Award for Best Director

Asian Film Awards

Asian Film Award for Best Director has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

Check all the winners of Asian Film Award for Best Director presented under Asian Film Awards since 2006 .


Wong Kar-wai

Honored for : The Grandmaster
(Hong Kong / Mainland China)

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bong Joon-ho Snowpiercer
South Korea / United States / France
Anthony Chen Ilo Ilo
Singapore
Hirokazu Koreeda Like Father, Like Son
Japan
Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs
Taiwan
Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster
Hong Kong / Mainland China

Takeshi Kitano

Honored for : Beyond Outrage
(Japan)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1","Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
India
Abbas Kiarostami Like Someone In Love
Japan / France / Iran
Kim Ki-duk Pieta
South Korea
Takeshi Kitano Beyond Outrage
Japan
Lou Ye Mystery
Mainland China

Asghar Farhadi

Honored for : A Separation
(Iran)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sion Sono Guilty of Romance
Japan
Tsui Hark Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Hong Kong / Mainland China
Asghar Farhadi A Separation
Iran
Wei Te-Sheng Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Taiwan
Teddy Soeriaatmadja Lovely Man
Indonesia
Zhang Yimou The Flowers of War
Mainland China

Lee Chang-dong

Honored for : Poetry
(South Korea)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Feng Xiaogang Aftershock
Mainland China / Hong Kong
Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly
Mainland China / Hong Kong
Lee Chang-dong Poetry
South Korea
Takashi Miike 13 Assassins
Japan
Na Hong-jin The Yellow Sea
South Korea
Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions
Japan

Lu Chuan

Honored for : City of Life and Death
(China)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yonfan Prince of Tears
Hong Kong / Taiwan
Bong Joon-ho Mother
South Korea
Asghar Farhadi About Elly
Iran
Lu Chuan City of Life and Death
China
Brillante Mendoza Lola
The Philippines
Sion Sono Love Exposure
Japan

Hirokazu Koreeda

Honored for : Still Walking
(Japan)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Feng Xiaogang If You Are the One
The Chinese Mainland
Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird
South Korea
Hirokazu Koreeda Still Walking
Japan
Brillante Mendoza Service
The Philippines
Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo
Japan
John Woo Red Cliff
The Chinese Mainland

Lee Chang-dong

Honored for : Secret Sunshine
(South Korea)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Chan The Warlords
Chinese Mainland, The/ Hong Kong
Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises
Chinese Mainland, The/ Hong Kong
Ang Lee Lust, Caution
Taiwan/ Chinese Mainland, The/ USA
Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine
South Korea
Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It
Japan
Lu Zhang Desert Dream
South Korea/ France

Jia Zhangke

Honored for : Still Life
(Chinese mainland)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach
South Korea
Jia Zhangke Still Life
Chinese mainland
Jafar Panahi Offside
Iran
Johnnie To Exiled
Hong Kong
Tsai Ming-liang I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Taiwan / France / Austria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Syndromes and a Century
Thailand / Austria / France