Claim: Feng Xiaogang, a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor well-known as a highly successful commercial filmmaker, had directed 17 films wherein he only received an award for three films.
Evidence: Feng Xiaogang (simplified Chinese: 冯小刚; traditional Chinese: 馮小剛; pinyin: Féng Xiǎogāng; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor. He is well known in China as a highly successful commercial filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well at the box office, although Feng has broken out from that mold by making some drama and period drama films. Lost My Love The Dream Factory Be There or Be Square Sigh Sorry Baby Big Shot's Funeral Cell Phone A World Without Thieves The Banquet Assembly If You Are the One Aftershock If You Are the One 2 Personal Tailor Back to 1942 I Am Not Madame Bovary Youth 21st annual Hundred Flowers Awards -- Best Picture. Cairo International Film Festival -- Golden Pyramid. 25th annual Hundred Flowers Awards—Best Picture. 27th annual Hundred Flowers Awards—Best Picture. 42nd Golden Horse Awards—Best Adapted Screenplay (Feng Xiaogang, Wang Gang, Lin Lisheng and Zhang Jialu). 43rd Golden Horse Awards—Best Art Direction, Best Make-up and Costume Design (Tim Yip). 11th Pyongyang International Film Festival—Best Picture, Best Director.
15th Beijing College Student Film Festival—Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Zhang Hanyu). 29th annual Hundred Flowers Awards—Best Picture. 45th Golden Horse Awards—Best Actor (Zhang Hanyu), Best Adapted Screenplay (Liu Heng). 27th Golden Rooster Awards—Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography (Lü Yue), Best Original Score (Wang Liguang). Selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. Awarded Best Film at the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. China Film Director's Guild Awards -- Best Film, Best Director.
Hong Kong Film Award -- Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan. 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival -- Best Director.
53rd Golden Horse Awards -- Best Director.
10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards -- Achievement in Directing.