# Golden Rooster Award for Best Directorial Debut

Golden Rooster for Best Directorial Debut (中国电影金鸡奖最佳导演处女作) is the main category of Competition of Golden Rooster Awards, awarding to new director who directed the first feature film.

## 1980s

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Chinese) | English title | Original title |
| 1989 | N/A |
| 1989 | Tu Gongyi | 吐贡依 | Family of Bachelors | 光棍之家 |

## 1990s

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Chinese) | English title | Original title |
| 1990 | Huang Jun | 黄军 | Childhood in Ruijin | 童年在瑞金 |
| 1991 | Gu Rong | 古榕 | Peking Duck Restaurant | 老店 |
| 1992 | N/A |
| 1992 | Hu Xueyang | 胡雪杨 | Grass Widow | 留守女士 |
| 1996 | Huo Jianqi | 霍建起 | Winner | 赢家 |
| 1997 | Zhou Bo | 周波 | Wolf Life | 捕狼人生 |
| 1997 | Lu Wei | 芦苇 | Ways to Xixia | 西夏路迢迢 |
| 1998 | Zhang Yang | 张扬 | Spicy Love Soup | 爱情麻辣烫 |
| 1998 | Shi Xuehai | 石雪海 | White Camel | 白骆驼 |
| 1999 | Jin Chen | 金琛 | Love in the Internet Age | 网络时代的爱情 |
| 1999 | Li Hong | 李虹 | The Charila | 遥望查理拉 |
| 1999 | Wang Xiaolie | 王小列 | Fly Away Home | 伴你高飞 |

## 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Chinese) | English title | Original title |
| 2000 | N/A |
| 2001 | Qi Xing | 齐星 | Escort | 押解的故事 |
| 2002 | Huang Hong | 黄宏 | 25 Kids and a Dad | 二十五个孩子一个爹 |
| 2002 | Wu Bing | 吴兵 | Tea | 苦茶香 |
| 2003 | Xu Jinglei | 徐静蕾 | My Father and I | 我和爸爸 |
| 2003 | Wulan Tana | 乌兰塔娜 | Warm Spring | 暖春 |
| 2004 | Fang Gangliang | 方刚亮 | On the Way to School | 上学路上 |
| 2004 | Xiao Jiang | 小江 | Electric Shadows | 电影往事 |
| 2004 | Xie Dong | 谢东 | The Winter Solstice | 冬至 |
| 2005 | Pema Tseden | 万玛才旦 | The Silent Holy Stones | 静静的嘛呢石 |
| 2005 | Liu Hao | 刘浩 | Two Great Sheep | 好大一对羊 |
| 2005 | Gu Changwei | 顾长卫 | Peacock | 孔雀 |
| 2006-2007 | An Lan | 安澜 | Night Attack | 夜袭 |
| 2006-2007 | Yin Lichuan | 尹丽川 | The Park | 公园 |
| 2006-2007 | Zhuang Yuxin | 庄宇新 | Teeth of Love | 爱情的牙齿 |
| 2006-2007 | Zou Yalin | 邹亚林 | Red Jacket | 红棉袄 |
| 2006-2007 | He Xiaojiang | 和小江 | Being A Son and Comrade | 儿子同志 |
| 2006-2007 | Hu Yaozhi | 扈耀之 | Cong Fei | 丛飞 |
| 2008-2009 | Li Dawei | 李大为 | A Tale of Two Donkeys | 走着瞧 |
| 2008-2009 | Xierzhati Yahepu | 西尔扎堤·牙合甫 | 2008 of Maimaiti | 买买提的2008 |
| 2008-2009 | Huang He | 黄河 | Deng Pingshou | 我是花下肥泥巴 |
| 2008-2009 | Peng Jiahuang/Peng Chen | 彭家煌、彭臣 | Walk to School | 走路上学 |

## 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Chinese) | English title | Original title |
| 2010-2011 | Lu Yang | 路阳 | The Spectacular Theatre | 盲人电影院 |
| 2010-2011 | Deng Ke | 邓科 | Autumn of Bad Boys | 坏孩子的秋天 |
| 2010-2011 | Du Bo/Guo Zhirong | 杜波、郭志荣 | Blue School | 蓝学校 |
| 2010-2011 | Gao Feng | 高峰 | An Eternal Lamb | 永生羊 |
| 2010-2011 | Jiang Wenli | 蒋雯丽 | Lan | 我们天上见 |
| 2012-2013 | Zhao Wei | 赵薇 | So Young | 致我们终将逝去的青春 |
| 2012-2013 | Qu Jiangtao | 曲江涛 | A Grandson From America | 孙子从美国来 |
| 2012-2013 | De Gena/Du Liang | 德格娜、杜粮 | Latitude 52 | 老哨卡 |
| 2012-2013 | Du Jiayi | 杜家毅 | Kora | 转山 |
| 2012-2013 | Liu Haodong | 刘浩东 | Cobble | 鹅卵石 |
| 2014-2015 | Chen Jianbin | 陈建斌 | A Fool | 一个勺子 |
| 2014-2015 | Xu Ang | 徐昂 | 12 Citizens | 十二公民 |
| 2014-2015 | Peng Sanyuan | 彭三源 | Lost and Love | 失孤 |
| 2014-2015 | Xie You | 谢悠 | Qing se ri ji | 青涩日记 |
| 2016-2017 | Wen Zhang | 文章 | When Larry Met Mary | 陆垚知马俐 |
| 2016-2017 | Song Haolin | 宋灏霖 | Mr. Zhu's Summer | 猪太狼的夏天 |
| 2016-2017 | Derek Tsang | 曾国祥 | Soul Mate | 七月与安生 |
| 2018-2019 | Wen Muye | 文牧野 | Dying to Survive | 我不是药神 |
| 2018-2019 | Wang Lina | 王丽娜 | A First Farewell | 第一次的离别 |
| 2018-2019 | Rene Liu | 刘若英 | Us and Them | 后来的我们 |
| 2018-2019 | Peng Li | 彭力 | Find My Way Home | 小狗奶瓶 |
| 2018-2019 | Teng Congcong | 滕丛丛 | Send Me to the Clouds | 送我上青云 |

## 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2020 | Shen Ao | My Dear Liar | 受益人 |
| 2020 | Li Ji | A Road To Spring | 通往春天的列车 |
| 2020 | Zhou Sun | Becoming Li Jiahe | 少女佳禾 |
| 2020 | Dong Run-nian | Gone with the Light | 被光抓走的人 |
| 2021 | Jia Ling | Hi, Mom | 你好，李焕英 |
| 2021 | Yu Fei | Little Canned Men | 皮皮鲁与鲁西西之罐头小人 |
| 2021 | Dadren Wanggyal | Gone with the Wind | 随风飘散 |
| 2021 | Boyanhkeshig | Harhuu | 哈日夫 |
| 2022 | Liu Jiangjiang | Lighting Up the Stars | 人生大事 |
| 2022 | Li Gen | Before Next Spring | 如果有一天我将会离开你 |
| 2022 | Liu Xunzimo | Be Somebody | 扬名立万 |
| 2022 | Xing Wenxiong | Too Cool to Kill | 这个杀手不太冷静 |
| 2022 | Yang Chengcheng | Goodbye the Groundhog | 再见土拨鼠 |