Golden Horse Awards Best Director
by meregr | created - 25 Jun 2019 | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Ching Doe
Writer | Qian jiao bai mei
Ching Doe was born in 1915 in Yunnan, China. He was a writer and director, known for Les Belles (1961), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and My Dream Boat (1967). He died on May 16, 1969 in Hong Kong.
2. Han Hsiang Li
Director | Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai
Han Hsiang Li was born on March 7, 1926 in Jinxi, China. He was a director and writer, known for The Love Eterne (1963), Qian Long xia Yangzhou (1978) and Ti Ying (1971). He died on December 17, 1996 in Peking, China.
3. Hsing Lee
Director | Xiao cheng gu shi
Hsing Lee was born on May 20, 1930 in Shanghai, China. He was a director and producer, known for Xiao cheng gu shi (1979), Yang ya ren jia (1965) and Zao an Taibei (1979). He was married to Wang Weijun. He died on August 19, 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan.
4. Chia Li
Director | Wo nu ruo lan
Chia Li was born on September 23, 1923 in Amoy, China. Chia was a director and producer, known for Wo nu ruo lan (1966), Qing long zhen (1968) and Miao ji le (1971). Chia died on December 25, 1994 in Taipei, Taiwan.
5. Ching-Jui Pai
Director | Xin niang yu wo
Ching-Jui Pai was born on June 10, 1931 in Yingkou, Liaoning, China. He was a director and producer, known for Xin niang yu wo (1969), Ji mo de shi qi sui (1967) and Jia zai Tai Bei (1970). He died on December 12, 1997 in Taipei, Taiwan.
6. Tseng-Chai Chang
Director | Lu ke yu dao ke
Tseng-Chai Chang was born in 1931 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. He was a director and writer, known for Lu ke yu dao ke (1970), Jian qiao ying lie zhuan (1977) and Zhui ming ren (1979). He was married to Hung Li. He died on October 9, 2010 in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA.
7. Shan-Hsi Ting
Writer | Bi xue huang hua
Shan-Hsi Ting was born in 1936 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. She was a writer and director, known for Magnificent 72 (1980), Luo ying xia (1971) and No One Can Touch Her (1979). She was married to Hsiao-yung Ting. She died on November 21, 2009 in Taiwan.
8. Kang Cheng
Writer | Shi si nu ying hao
Kang Cheng was born on April 4, 1924 in Shouxian, Anhui, China. He is a writer and director, known for The 14 Amazons (1972), The Sword of Swords (1968) and Hao xia zhuan (1969).
9. Yi Liu
Writer | Chang qian wan lu
Yi Liu is known for Chang qian wan lu (1975), Yue man xi lou (1968) and The Youthful Delinquents (1977).
10. Pei-Cheng Chang
Director | Xiang ye ren
Pei-Cheng Chang was born on January 20, 1921 in China. He is a director and art director, known for The Orientation (1980), Lang ya kou (1976) and The Warmth of an Old House (1984).
11. King Hu
Director | Xia nü
He was educated in art school in Beijing, left China for Hong Kong in 1949 and entered the film industry in 1951 in the art department. In the 1950s he began acting and in 1958 joined Shaw Brothers as an actor and writer, and later a director. In 1967 he left to start his own studio in Taiwan, ...
12. Chu-Chin Wang
Director | Liu chao guai tan
Chu-Chin Wang is known for The Legend of the Six Dynasty (1979), Di yu tian tang (1980) and The Death of Spring (1982).
13. Hark Tsui
Producer | Di Renjie zhi Tongtian diguo
Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year.
An internationally acclaimed visionary director, Tsui started making experimental movies with 8mm film when he was only 13. After ...
14. Kwok-Ming Cheung
Director | Bin yuen yan
Kwok-Ming Cheung is known for Man on the Brink (1981), Huang jia da zei (1985) and Midnight Caller (1995).
15. Kun-Hou Chen
Cinematographer | Jie hun
Kun-Hou Chen was born on July 25, 1939 in Taichung, Taiwan. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Jie hun (1985), Growing Up (1983) and He Never Gives Up (1979).
16. Johnny Mak
Producer | Sang gong kei bing
Johnny Mak was born in 1949 in Hong Kong. He is a producer and writer, known for Long Arm of the Law (1984), To Be Number One (1991) and Island of Greed (1997).
17. Yi Chang
Writer | Wo zhe yang guo le yi sheng
Yi Chang was born on December 14, 1951 in Taiwan. He was a writer and director, known for Kuei-mei, a Woman (1985), Jade Love (1984) and A Dog's Life (2017). He was married to Sa Hsiao and Hui-Shan Yang. He died on November 1, 2020 in Taiwan.
18. John Woo
Director | Ying hung boon sik
Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow ...
19. Toon Wang
Director | Wu yan de shan qiu
Toon Wang was born in 1942 in Taihe-xian, Anhui, China. He is an art director and director, known for Hill of No Return (1992), Ce ma ru lin (1985) and Strawman (1987).
20. Alex Law
Writer | Sui yuet san tau
Alex Law was born on November 30, 1952 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. Alex was a writer and producer, known for Echoes of the Rainbow (2010), Painted Faces (1988) and City of Glass (1998). Alex was married to Mabel Cheung. Alex died on July 2, 2022.
21. Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Producer | Cike Nie Yin Niang
Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed ...
22. Ho Yim
Director | Tian guo ni zi
Ho Yim was born in 1952 in Hong Kong. He is a director and writer, known for The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994), Kitchen (1997) and The Sun Has Ears (1995).
23. Kar-Wai Wong
Director | Yi dai zong shi
Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1956) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Ah fei zing zyun (1990), Dung che sai duk (1994), Chung Hing sam lam (1994), Do lok tin si (1995), Chun gwong ...
24. Ang Lee
Director | Xi yan
Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...
25. Tsai Ming-liang
Director | Qingshaonian Nuozha
Born in Kuching, Malaysia, he graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Cultural University of Taiwan and worked as a theatrical producer and TV director. His second feature film, Vive L'Amour (1994), won the Golden Lion (best picture) at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. His ...
26. Wen Jiang
Actor | Rogue One
Wen Jiang was born on January 5, 1963 in Tangshan, China. He is an actor and director, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Devils on the Doorstep (2000). He has been married to Yun Zhou since 2005. They have two children. He was previously married to ...
27. Fruit Chan
Director | Na yeh ling san, ngoh choh seung liu Wong Gok hoi mong Dai Bou dik hung Van
Fruit Chan was born on April 15, 1959 in Guangdong, China. He is an actor and director, known for The Midnight After (2014), Three Husbands (2018) and Made in Hong Kong (1997).
28. Joan Chen
Actress | Judge Dredd
Born into a family of doctors and educated in China at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, Joan Chen was discovered by veteran Chinese director Jin Xie while observing a filming with a school group. Her performance in Xiao hua (1979) (A.K.A. "The Little Flower...
29. Ann Hui
Director | Nu ren si shi
Born in China in 1947, Ann Hui moved to Hong Kong when she was still in her youth. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she spent two years at the London Film School. Returning to Hong Kong, she worked as an assistant to director King Hu before joining ...
30. Johnnie To
Director | Hak se wooi
With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, Johnnie To enjoyed international breakthroughs with Election (2005), Election 2 (2006) (aka "Triad Election") and Exiled (2006); those films enjoyed multiple international film festival appearances and were separately sold to more than ...
31. Stanley Kwan
Director | Lan Yu
Stanley Kwan was born on October 9, 1957 in Hong Kong. He is a director and producer, known for Lan Yu (2001), Hold You Tight (1998) and Rouge (1987).
32. Andrew Lau
Cinematographer | Mou gaan dou
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung was born in Hong Kong in 1960, and has been fond of photography as a child. He joined Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. after secondary school graduation. The first film he participated in as a semi-skilled worker in cinematography was Legendary Weapons of China directed by Chia-Liang Liu...
33. Alan Mak
Director | Mou gaan dou
Alan Mak Siu Fai was born in Hong Kong in 1965. In 1986, he studied in the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career.
Mak made his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being Nude Fear, which was written and produced ...
34. Stephen Chow
Actor | Kung fu
Stephen Chow was the only boy of his family, and has grown up as a Bruce Lee fan and a martial arts addict. His career started on TV, where he presented a children show ( "430 Space Shuttle" (1983)) and started becoming popular. He got some supporting roles, after that, and won the Taiwanese Golden...
35. Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Producer | Tau ming chong
Peter Ho-Sun Chan is a Chinese film director, producer and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most accomplished and successful Hong Kong filmmakers, Chan has directed 18 films, including the critically acclaimed Comrades, Almost a Love Story, Perhaps Love, The Warlords, and American Dreams in ...
36. Leon Dai
Director | Bu neng mei you ni
Leon Dai was born on July 27, 1966 in Taiwan. He is an actor and director, known for Cannot Live Without You (2009), Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) and Yi Yi (2000).
37. Mong-Hong Chung
Cinematographer | Yangguang puzhao
Mong-Hong Chung was born in 1965 in Pingtung, Taiwan. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for A Sun (2019), Soul (2013) and Parking (2008).
38. Xiaogang Feng
Actor | Lao pao er
Xiaogang Feng was born on March 18, 1958 in Beijing, China. He is a writer and producer, known for Mr. Six (2015), A World Without Thieves (2004) and Assembly (2007).
39. Vivian Qu
Director | Jia nian hua
Vivian Qu was born in Beijing, China. She is a director, writer and producer, known for Trap Street (2013), Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) and Angels Wear White (2017). She is the first woman director to ever win Best Director at both the Golden Horse Awards and the China Film Director's Guild Awards.
40. Yimou Zhang
Director | Ying xiong
Yimou Zhang was born on November 14, 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. He is a director and writer, known for Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004) and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). He has been married to Ting Chen since December 2011. They have three children. He was previously married to ...
41. Mong-Hong Chung
Cinematographer | Yangguang puzhao
Mong-Hong Chung was born in 1965 in Pingtung, Taiwan. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for A Sun (2019), Soul (2013) and Parking (2008).
42. Yu-Hsun Chen
Director | Xiao shi de qing ren jie
Yu-Hsun Chen was born in 1962 in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a director and writer, known for My Missing Valentine (2020), Tropical Fish (1995) and The Village of No Return (2017).
43. Clara Law
Director | Fu sheng
Clara Law was born on May 29, 1957 in Macao, China. She is a director and writer, known for Fu sheng (1996), The Goddess of 1967 (2000) and Drifting Petals (2021). She is married to Eddie Ling-Ching Fong.
44. Laha Mebow
Director | Lokah Laqi
Laha Mebow graduated from the Department of Radio, TV and Film at Shih Hsin University. Trained in scriptwriting and directing, she became the first female Taiwanese aboriginal film director and TV producer. For 18 years, she has devoted herself to film and television production with a focus on ...
45. Ya-chuan Hsiao
Director | Van Pao-te
Ya-chuan Hsiao is known for Father to Son (2018), Ming dai zhui zhu (2001) and Taipei Exchanges (2010).
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