# Golden Horse Award for Best Director

The Golden Horse Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Director | Film | Other nominees |
| 1962 | Doe Ching | Les Belles | |
| 1963 | Li Han-hsiang | The Love Eterne | |
| 1965 | Li Hsing | Beautiful Duckling | |
| 1966 | Li Han-hsiang | Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties | |
| 1967 | Lee Chia | Orchids and My Love | |
| 1968 | Pai Ching-jui | Lonely Seventeen | |
| 1969 | Pai Ching-jui | The Bride and I | |
| 1970 | Chang Tseng-chai | From the Highway | |
| 1971 | Ting Shan-hsi | The Ammunition Hunter | |
| 1972 | Li Hsing | Execution in Autumn | |
| 1973 | Cheng Kang | The 14 Amazons | |
| 1975 | Liu Yi | Long Way from Home | |
| 1976 | Chang Pei-cheng | The Venturer | |
| 1977 | Chang Tseng-chai | Heroes in the Eastern Sky | |
| 1978 | Li Hsing | He Never Gives Up | Chen Yao-chi - The Diary of Di Di Michael Hui - The Contract |
| 1979 | King Hu | Legend of the Mountain | Li Hsing - The Story of a Small Town Tu Chung-hsun - A Special Smile |
| 1980 | Wang Chu-chin | The Legend of the Six Dynasty | Ann Hui - The Secret Ting Shan-hsi - Magnificent 72 |
| 1981 | Tsui Hark | All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution | Lin Jing-jie [zh] - Tong Ban Tong Xue Patrick Tam - Love Massacre |
| 1982 | Alex Cheung | Man on the Brink | Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Green, Green Grass of Home Peter Yung - Life After Life |
| 1983 | Chen Kun-hou | Growing Up | Choi Kai-kwong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Edward Yang - That Day, on the Beach |
| 1984 | Johnny Mak | Long Arm of the Law | Chang Yi - Jade Love Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Boys from Fengkuei |
| 1985 | Chang Yi | Kuei-Mei, a Woman | Chen Kun-hou - His Matrimony Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Time to Live and the Time to Die |
| 1986 | John Woo | A Better Tomorrow | Sylvia Chang - Passion Li Hsing - The Heroic Pioneers |
| 1987 | Wang Toon | Strawman | Jackie Chan - Project A II Mabel Cheung - An Autumn's Tale |
| 1988 | Alex Law | Painted Faces | Ann Hui - Starry is the Night Wong Kar-wai - As Tears Go By |
| 1989 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | City of Sadness | Stanley Kwan - Full Moon in New York Yang Li-kuo - The Dull-Ice Flower |

### 1990s

| Year | Director(s) | Film |
| 1990 (27th) | Yim Ho | Red Dust |
| 1990 (27th) | Clara Law | Farewell, China |
| 1990 (27th) | Yeh Hung-wei | The Story of a Gangster |
| 1991 (28th) | Wong Kar-wai | Days of Being Wild |
| 1991 (28th) | Stanley Kwan | Centre Stage |
| 1991 (28th) | Ang Lee | Pushing Hands |
| 1991 (28th) | Edward Yang | A Brighter Summer Day |
| 1992 (29th) | Wang Toon | Hill of No Return |
| 1992 (29th) | Evans Chan | To Liv(e) |
| 1992 (29th) | Chou Tan | The Noblest Way to Die |
| 1992 (29th) | Tsai Ming-liang | Rebels of the Neon God |
| 1993 (30th) | Ang Lee | The Wedding Banquet |
| 1993 (30th) | Clara Law | Autumn Moon |
| 1993 (30th) | Jacob Cheung | Cageman |
| 1993 (30th) | Derek Yee | C'est la vie, mon chéri |
| 1994 (31st) | Tsai Ming-liang | Vive L'Amour |
| 1994 (31st) | Stanley Kwan | Red Rose, White Rose |
| 1994 (31st) | Wong Kar-wai | Chungking Express |
| 1994 (31st) | Edward Yang | A Confucian Confusion |
| 1995 (32nd) | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Good Men, Good Women |
| 1995 (32nd) | Ann Hui | Summer Snow |
| 1995 (32nd) | Chen Yu-hsun | Tropical Fish |
| 1995 (32nd) | Wan Jen | Super Citizen Ko |
| 1996 (33rd) | Jiang Wen | In the Heat of the Sun |
| 1996 (33rd) | Clara Law | Floating Life |
| 1996 (33rd) | Wang Toon | Red Persimmon |
| 1996 (33rd) | Derek Yee and Law Chi-leung | Viva Erotica |
| 1997 (34th) | Fruit Chan | Made in Hong Kong |
| 1997 (34th) | Wong Kar-wai | Happy Together |
| 1997 (34th) | Ho Ping | Wolves Cry Under the Moon |
| 1997 (34th) | Clifton Ko | The Mad Phoenix |
| 1998 (35th) | Joan Chen | Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl |
| 1998 (35th) | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Flowers of Shanghai |
| 1998 (35th) | Chen Kuo-fu | The Personals |
| 1998 (35th) | Mabel Cheung | City of Glass |
| 1999 (36th) | Ann Hui | Ordinary Heroes |
| 1999 (36th) | Teddy Chan | Purple Storm |
| 1999 (36th) | Ringo Lam | Victim |
| 1999 (36th) | Chang Tso-chi | Darkness and Light |

### 2000s

| Year | Director(s) | Film |
| 2000 (37th) | Johnnie To | The Mission |
| 2000 (37th) | Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2000 (37th) | Wong Kar-wai | In the Mood for Love |
| 2000 (37th) | Ann Hu | Shadow Magic |
| 2001 (38th) | Stanley Kwan | Lan Yu |
| 2001 (38th) | Fruit Chan | Durian Durian |
| 2001 (38th) | Tsai Ming-liang | What Time Is It There? |
| 2001 (38th) | Wang Xiaoshuai | Beijing Bicycle |
| 2002 (39th) | Fruit Chan | Hollywood Hong Kong |
| 2002 (39th) | Peter Chan | Three: Going Home |
| 2002 (39th) | Lam Wah-tsuen | The Runaway Pistol |
| 2002 (39th) | Chang Tso-chi | The Best of Times |
| 2003 (40th) | Andrew Lau and Alan Mak | Infernal Affairs |
| 2003 (40th) | Pang Ho-cheung | Men Suddenly in Black |
| 2003 (40th) | Johnnie To | PTU |
| 2003 (40th) | Tsai Ming-liang | Goodbye, Dragon Inn |
| 2004 (41st) | Johnnie To | Breaking News |
| 2004 (41st) | Fruit Chan | Dumplings |
| 2004 (41st) | Derek Yee | One Nite in Mongkok |
| 2004 (41st) | Lu Chuan | Kekexili: Mountain Patrol |
| 2005 (42nd) | Stephen Chow | Kung Fu Hustle |
| 2005 (42nd) | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Three Times |
| 2005 (42nd) | Johnnie To | Election |
| 2005 (42nd) | Tsai Ming-liang | The Wayward Cloud |
| 2006 (43rd) | Peter Chan | Perhaps Love |
| 2006 (43rd) | Johnnie To | Exiled |
| 2006 (43rd) | Su Chao-pin | Silk |
| 2006 (43rd) | Ning Hao | Crazy Stone |
| 2007 (44th) | Ang Lee | Lust, Caution |
| 2007 (44th) | Derek Yee | Protégé |
| 2007 (44th) | Yau Nai-hoi | Eye in the Sky |
| 2007 (44th) | Jiang Wen | The Sun Also Rises |
| 2008 (45th) | Peter Chan | The Warlords |
| 2008 (45th) | Sylvia Chang | Run Papa Run |
| 2008 (45th) | Pang Ho-cheung | Trivial Matters |
| 2008 (45th) | Wei Te-sheng | Cape No. 7 |
| 2009 (46th) | Leon Dai | Cannot Live Without You |
| 2009 (46th) | Clara Law | Like a Dream |
| 2009 (46th) | Tsai Ming-liang | Face |
| 2009 (46th) | Guan Hu | Cow |

### 2010s

| Year | Director(s) | Film |
| 2010 (47th) | Chung Mong-hong | The Fourth Portrait |
| 2010 (47th) | Teddy Chan | Bodyguards and Assassins |
| 2010 (47th) | Liu Jie | Judge |
| 2010 (47th) | Chang Tso-chi | When Love Comes |
| 2011 (48th) | Ann Hui | A Simple Life |
| 2011 (48th) | Jiang Wen | Let the Bullets Fly |
| 2011 (48th) | Wei Te-sheng | Seediq Bale |
| 2011 (48th) | Zhang Meng | The Piano in a Factory |
| 2012 (49th) | Johnnie To | Life Without Principle |
| 2012 (49th) | Lou Ye | Mystery |
| 2012 (49th) | Yang Ya-che | Girlfriend, Boyfriend |
| 2012 (49th) | Gao Qunshu | Beijing Blues |
| 2012 (49th) | Doze Niu | Love |
| 2013 (50th) | Tsai Ming-liang | Stray Dogs |
| 2013 (50th) | Jia Zhangke | A Touch of Sin |
| 2013 (50th) | Wong Kar-wai | The Grandmaster |
| 2013 (50th) | Johnnie To | Drug War |
| 2013 (50th) | Chung Mong-hong | Soul |
| 2014 (51st) | Ann Hui | The Golden Era |
| 2014 (51st) | Lou Ye | Blind Massage |
| 2014 (51st) | Diao Yinan | Black Coal, Thin Ice |
| 2014 (51st) | Midi Z | Ice Poison |
| 2014 (51st) | Wang Xiaoshuai | Red Amnesia |
| 2015 (52nd) | Hou Hsiao-hsien | The Assassin |
| 2015 (52nd) | Jia Zhangke | Mountains May Depart |
| 2015 (52nd) | Pema Tseden | Tharlo |
| 2015 (52nd) | Tsui Hark | The Taking of Tiger Mountain |
| 2015 (52nd) | Chang Tso-chi | Thanatos, Drunk |
| 2016 (53rd) | Feng Xiaogang | I Am Not Madame Bovary |
| 2016 (53rd) | Derek Tsang | Soul Mate |
| 2016 (53rd) | Johnnie To | Three |
| 2016 (53rd) | Chung Mong-hong | Godspeed |
| 2016 (53rd) | Midi Z | The Road to Mandalay |
| 2017 (54th) | Vivian Qu | Angels Wear White |
| 2017 (54th) | Geng Jun | Free and Easy |
| 2017 (54th) | Sylvia Chang | Love Education |
| 2017 (54th) | Ann Hui | Our Time Will Come |
| 2017 (54th) | Yang Ya-che | The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful |
| 2018 (55th) | Zhang Yimou | Shadow |
| 2018 (55th) | Lou Ye | A Rain Cloud in the Sky |
| 2018 (55th) | Bi Gan | Long Day's Journey into Night |
| 2018 (55th) | Pema Tseden | Jinpa |
| 2018 (55th) | Jiang Wen | Hidden Man |
| 2019 (56th) | Chung Mong-hong | A Sun |
| 2019 (56th) | Anthony Chen | Wet Season |
| 2019 (56th) | Tom Lin Shu-yu | The Garden of Evening Mists |
| 2019 (56th) | Midi Z | Nina Wu |
| 2019 (56th) | Chang Tso-chi | Synapses |

### 2020s

| Year | Director(s) | Film |
| 2020 (57th) | Chen Yu-hsun | My Missing Valentine |
| 2020 (57th) | Tsai Ming-liang | Days |
| 2020 (57th) | Huang Hsin-yao | Classmates Minus |
| 2020 (57th) | Cheng Yu-chieh | Dear Tenant |
| 2020 (57th) | Fruit Chan | The Abortionist |
| 2021 (58th) | Clara Law | Drifting Petals |
| 2021 (58th) | Cheng Wei-hao | The Soul |
| 2021 (58th) | Chung Mong-hong | The Falls |
| 2021 (58th) | Jun Li | Drifting |
| 2021 (58th) | Ho Wi-ding, Hu Chih-hsin | Terrorizers |
| 2022 (59th) | Laha Mebow | Gaga |
| 2022 (59th) | Cheang Pou-soi | Limbo |
| 2022 (59th) | Kevin Ko | Incantation |
| 2022 (59th) | Chang Tso-chi | Flotsam and Jetsam |
| 2022 (59th) | Chan Ching-lin | Coo-Coo 043 |
| 2023 (60th) | Hsiao Ya-chuan | Old Fox |
| 2023 (60th) | Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka | Stonewalling |
| 2023 (60th) | Cheng Wei-hao | Marry My Dead Body |
| 2023 (60th) | Chong Keat Aun | Snow in Midsummer |
| 2023 (60th) | Wong Ching-po | The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon |
| 2024 (61st) | Lou Ye | An Unfinished Film |
| 2024 (61st) | Geng Jun | Bel Ami |
| 2024 (61st) | Yeo Siew Hua | Stranger Eyes |
| 2024 (61st) | Ray Yeung | All Shall Be Well |
| 2024 (61st) | John Hsu | Dead Talents Society |