Golden Horse Award for Best Director

Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Awarded forExcellence in film directing
CountryTaiwan
Presented byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
First award1962
Currently held byJun Li for Queerpanorama (2025)
Websitegoldenhorse.org.tw

The Golden Horse Award for Best Director (Chinese: 金馬獎最佳導演) is presented annually at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards.

Taiwanese directors Li Hsing and Hou Hsiao-hsien, along with Hong Kong directors Ann Hui and Johnnie To, share the record for the most wins in this category, with three each. Hou, To, and Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang hold the record for the most nominations, with eight.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1962–1979

Year Director(s) Film Original title
1962
(1st) 		Doe Ching Les Belles 千嬌百媚
1963
(2nd) 		Li Han-hsiang The Love Eterne 梁山伯與祝英台
1965
(3rd) 		Li Hsing Beautiful Duckling 養鴨人家
1966
(4th) 		Li Han-hsiang Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties 西施
1967
(5th) 		Lee Chia Orchids and My Love 我女若蘭
1968
(6th) 		Pai Ching-jui Lonely Seventeen 寂寞的十七歲
1969
(7th) 		Pai Ching-jui The Bride and I 新娘與我
1970
(8th) 		Chang Tseng-chai From the Highway 路客與刀客
1971
(9th) 		Ting Shan-hsi The Ammunition Hunter 落鷹峽
1972
(10th) 		Li Hsing Execution in Autumn 秋決
1973
(11th) 		Cheng Kang The 14 Amazons 十四女英豪
1975
(12th) 		Liu Yi Long Way from Home 長情萬縷
1976
(13th) 		Chang Pei-cheng The Venturer 狼牙口
1977
(14th) 		Chang Tseng-chai Heroes in the Eastern Sky 筧橋英烈傳
1978
(15th) 		Li Hsing He Never Gives Up 汪洋中的一條船
Chen Yao-chi The Diary of Di Di 蒂蒂日記
Michael Hui The Contract 賣身契
1979
(16th) 		King Hu Legend of the Mountain 山中傳奇
Li Hsing The Story of a Small Town 小城故事
Tu Chung-hsun A Special Smile 歡顏

1980s

Year Director(s) Film Original title
1980
(17th) 		Wang Chu-chin The Legend of the Six Dynasty 六朝怪談
Ann Hui The Secret 瘋劫
Ting Shan-hsi Magnificent 72 碧血黃花
1981
(18th) 		Tsui Hark All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution 夜來香
Lin Jing-jie Tong Ban Tong Xue 同班同學
Patrick Tam Love Massacre 愛殺
1982
(19th) 		Alex Cheung Man on the Brink 邊緣人
Hou Hsiao-hsien The Green, Green Grass of Home 在那河畔青草青
Peter Yung Life After Life 再生人
1983
(20th) 		Chen Kun-hou Growing Up 小畢的故事
Choi Kai-kwong Hong Kong, Hong Kong 男與女
Edward Yang That Day, on the Beach 海灘的一天
1984
(21st) 		Johnny Mak Long Arm of the Law 省港旗兵
Chang Yi Jade Love 玉卿嫂
Hou Hsiao-hsien The Boys from Fengkuei 風櫃來的人
1985
(22nd) 		Chang Yi Kuei-Mei, a Woman 我這樣過了一生
Chen Kun-hou His Matrimony 結婚
Hou Hsiao-hsien The Time to Live and the Time to Die 童年往事
1986
(23rd) 		John Woo A Better Tomorrow 英雄本色
Sylvia Chang Passion 最愛
Li Hsing The Heroic Pioneers 唐山過台灣
1987
(24th) 		Wang Toon Strawman 稻草人
Jackie Chan Project A Part II A計劃續集
Mabel Cheung An Autumn's Tale 流氓大亨
1988
(25th) 		Alex Law Painted Faces 七小福
Ann Hui Starry is the Night 今夜星光燦爛
Wong Kar-wai As Tears Go By 熱血男兒
1989
(26th) 		Hou Hsiao-hsien City of Sadness 悲情城市
Stanley Kwan Full Moon in New York 三個女人的故事
Yang Li-kuo The Dull-Ice Flower 魯冰花

1990s

Year Director(s) Film Original title
1990
(27th) 		Yim Ho Red Dust 滾滾紅塵
Clara Law Farewell, China 愛在他鄉的季節
Yeh Hung-wei The Story of a Gangster 刀瘟
1991
(28th) 		Wong Kar-wai Days of Being Wild 阿飛正傳
Stanley Kwan Centre Stage 阮玲玉
Ang Lee Pushing Hands 推手
Edward Yang A Brighter Summer Day 牯嶺街少年殺人事件
1992
(29th) 		Wang Toon Hill of No Return 無言的山丘
Evans Chan To Liv(e) 浮世戀曲
Chou Tan The Noblest Way to Die 黃金稻田
Tsai Ming-liang Rebels of the Neon God 青少年哪吒
1993
(30th) 		Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet 喜宴
Clara Law Autumn Moon 秋月
Jacob Cheung Cageman 籠民
Derek Yee C'est la vie, mon chéri 新不了情
1994
(31st) 		Tsai Ming-liang Vive L'Amour 愛情萬歲
Stanley Kwan Red Rose, White Rose 紅玫瑰白玫瑰
Wong Kar-wai Chungking Express 重慶森林
Edward Yang A Confucian Confusion 獨立時代
1995
(32nd) 		Hou Hsiao-hsien Good Men, Good Women 好男好女
Ann Hui Summer Snow 女人四十
Chen Yu-hsun Tropical Fish 熱帶魚
Wan Jen Super Citizen Ko 超級大國民
1996
(33rd) 		Jiang Wen In the Heat of the Sun 阳光灿烂的日子
Clara Law Floating Life 浮生
Wang Toon Red Persimmon 紅柿子
Derek Yee, Law Chi-leung Viva Erotica 色情男女
1997
(34th) 		Fruit Chan Made in Hong Kong 香港製造
Wong Kar-wai Happy Together 春光乍洩
Ho Ping Wolves Cry Under the Moon 國道封閉
Clifton Ko The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎
1998
(35th) 		Joan Chen Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴
Hou Hsiao-hsien Flowers of Shanghai 海上花
Chen Kuo-fu The Personals 徵婚啟事
Mabel Cheung City of Glass 玻璃之城
1999
(36th) 		Ann Hui Ordinary Heroes 千言萬語
Teddy Chan Purple Storm 紫雨風暴
Ringo Lam Victim 目露兇光
Chang Tso-chi Darkness and Light 黑暗之光

2000s

Year Director(s) Film Original title
2000
(37th) 		Johnnie To The Mission 鎗火
Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍
Wong Kar-wai In the Mood for Love 花樣年華
Ann Hu Shadow Magic 西洋镜
2001
(38th) 		Stanley Kwan Lan Yu 藍宇
Fruit Chan Durian Durian 榴槤飄飄
Tsai Ming-liang What Time Is It There? 你那邊幾點
Wang Xiaoshuai Beijing Bicycle 十七岁的单车
2002
(39th) 		Fruit Chan Hollywood Hong Kong 香港有個荷里活
Peter Chan Three: Going Home 三更之回家
Lam Wah-tsuen The Runaway Pistol 走火槍
Chang Tso-chi The Best of Times 美麗時光
2003
(40th) 		Andrew Lau, Alan Mak Infernal Affairs 無間道
Pang Ho-cheung Men Suddenly in Black 大丈夫
Johnnie To PTU
Tsai Ming-liang Goodbye, Dragon Inn 不散
2004
(41st) 		Johnnie To Breaking News 大事件
Fruit Chan Dumplings 餃子
Derek Yee One Nite in Mongkok 旺角黑夜
Lu Chuan Mountain Patrol: Kekexili 可可西里
2005
(42nd) 		Stephen Chow Kung Fu Hustle 功夫
Hou Hsiao-hsien Three Times 最好的時光
Johnnie To Election 黑社會
Tsai Ming-liang The Wayward Cloud 天邊一朵雲
2006
(43rd) 		Peter Chan Perhaps Love 如果·愛
Johnnie To Exiled 放‧逐
Su Chao-pin Silk 詭絲
Ning Hao Crazy Stone 疯狂的石头
2007
(44th) 		Ang Lee Lust, Caution 色，戒
Derek Yee Protégé 門徒
Yau Nai-hoi Eye in the Sky 跟蹤
Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起
2008
(45th) 		Peter Chan The Warlords 投名狀
Sylvia Chang Run Papa Run 一個好爸爸
Pang Ho-cheung Trivial Matters 破事儿
Wei Te-sheng Cape No. 7 海角七號
2009
(46th) 		Leon Dai Cannot Live Without You 不能没有你
Clara Law Like a Dream 如夢
Tsai Ming-liang Face 臉
Guan Hu Cow 斗牛

2010s

Year Director(s) Film Original title
2010
(47th) 		Chung Mong-hong The Fourth Portrait 第四張畫
Teddy Chan Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城
Liu Jie Judge 透析
Chang Tso-chi When Love Comes 當愛來的時候
2011
(48th) 		Ann Hui A Simple Life 桃姐
Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞
Wei Te-sheng Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊
Zhang Meng The Piano in a Factory 钢的琴
2012
(49th) 		Johnnie To Life Without Principle 奪命金
Lou Ye Mystery 浮城謎事
Yang Ya-che Girlfriend, Boyfriend 女朋友。男朋友
Gao Qunshu Beijing Blues 神探亨特张
Doze Niu Love 愛
2013
(50th) 		Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs 郊遊
Jia Zhangke A Touch of Sin 天注定
Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster 一代宗师
Johnnie To Drug War 毒戰
Chung Mong-hong Soul 失魂
2014
(51st) 		Ann Hui The Golden Era 黄金时代
Lou Ye Blind Massage 推拿
Diao Yinan Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火
Midi Z Ice Poison 冰毒
Wang Xiaoshuai Red Amnesia 闯入者
2015
(52nd) 		Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘
Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart 山河故人
Pema Tseden Tharlo 塔洛
Tsui Hark The Taking of Tiger Mountain 智取威虎山
Chang Tso-chi Thanatos, Drunk 醉.生夢死
2016
(53rd) 		Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲
Derek Tsang Soul Mate 七月与安生
Johnnie To Three 三人行
Chung Mong-hong Godspeed 一路順風
Midi Z The Road to Mandalay 再見瓦城
2017
(54th) 		Vivian Qu Angels Wear White 嘉年华
Geng Jun Free and Easy 轻松+愉快
Sylvia Chang Love Education 相愛相親
Ann Hui Our Time Will Come 明月幾時有
Yang Ya-che The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 血觀音
2018
(55th) 		Zhang Yimou Shadow 影
Lou Ye A Rain Cloud in the Sky 风中有朵雨做的云
Bi Gan Long Day's Journey into Night 地球最后的夜晚
Pema Tseden Jinpa 撞死了一只羊
Jiang Wen Hidden Man 邪不压正
2019
(56th) 		Chung Mong-hong A Sun 陽光普照
Anthony Chen Wet Season 熱帶雨
Tom Lin Shu-yu The Garden of Evening Mists 夕霧花園
Midi Z Nina Wu 灼人秘密
Chang Tso-chi Synapses 那個我最親愛的陌生人

2020s

Year Director(s) Film Original title Ref.
2020
(57th) 		Chen Yu-hsun My Missing Valentine 消失的情人節
Tsai Ming-liang Days 日子
Huang Hsin-yao Classmates Minus 同學麥娜絲
Cheng Yu-chieh Dear Tenant 親愛的房客
Fruit Chan The Abortionist 墮胎師
2021
(58th) 		Clara Law Drifting Petals 花果飄零
Cheng Wei-hao The Soul 緝魂
Chung Mong-hong The Falls 瀑布
Jun Li Drifting 濁水漂流
Ho Wi-ding, Hu Chih-hsin Terrorizers 青春弒戀
2022
(59th) 		Laha Mebow Gaga 哈勇家
Cheang Pou-soi Limbo 智齒
Kevin Ko Incantation 咒
Chang Tso-chi Flotsam and Jetsam 夏日天空的那匹紅馬
Chan Ching-lin Coo-Coo 043 一家子兒咕咕叫
2023
(60th) 		Hsiao Ya-chuan Old Fox 老狐狸 [1]
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka Stonewalling 石門
Cheng Wei-hao Marry My Dead Body 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事
Chong Keat Aun Snow in Midsummer 五月雪
Wong Ching-po The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon 周處除三害
2024
(61st) 		Lou Ye An Unfinished Film 一部未完成的電影 [2]
Geng Jun Bel Ami 漂亮朋友
Yeo Siew Hua Stranger Eyes 默視錄
Ray Yeung All Shall Be Well 從今以後
John Hsu Dead Talents Society 鬼才之道
2025
(62nd) 		Jun Li Queerpanorama 眾生相 [3]
Chen Yu-hsun A Foggy Tale 大濛
Tsao Shih-han Before the Bright Day 南方時光
Lau Kek-huat The Waves Will Carry Us 人生海海
Chong Keat Aun Mother Bhumi 地母

See also

References

  1. ^ Shackleton, Liz (November 25, 2023). "'Stonewalling' Wins Best Film At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Wong, Silvia (November 24, 2024). "'An Unfinished Film', 'Bel Ami' among top winners at Golden Horse Awards". Screen International. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Chao, Yen-hsiang (November 23, 2025). "Li Jun wins best director at Golden Horse Awards". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
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