# China Film Director's Guild Awards

China Film Director's Guild Awards (中国导演协会年度表彰大会) are presented by China Film Director's Guild annually to honor excellence in cinema of China.

## Major award winners

| Year | Best Film | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Screenwriter | Best Hong Kong / Taiwan Director | Best Young Director |
| 2005 1st | — | Tian Zhuangzhuang for Delamu | Li Xuejian for South of the Clouds | Zhou Xun for Baober in Love | — | — | Lu Chuan for Kekexili: Mountain Patrol |
| 2011 2nd | Aftershock | Wang Xiaoshuai for Chongqing Blues | Wang Xueqi for Chongqing Blues | Xu Fan for Aftershock | Xue Xiaolu for Ocean Heaven | Dante Lam for The Stool Pigeon | Xu Jinglei for Go Lala Go! |
| 2012 3rd | Let the Bullets Fly | Jiang Wen for Let the Bullets Fly | Ge You for Let the Bullets Fly | Zhang Ziyi for Love for Life | Zhang Meng for The Piano in a Factory | Johnnie To for Life Without Principle | Du Jiayi for One Mile Above |
| 2013 4th | Back to 1942 | Feng Xiaogang for Back to 1942 | Huang Bo for Design of Death | Yan Bingyan for Feng Shui | Chen Kaige & Tang Danian for Caught in the Web | Wei Te-sheng for Seediq Bale | Song Fang for Memories Look at Me |
| 2014 5th | — | — | Xu Zheng for No Man's Land | Tang Wei for Finding Mr. Right | Xue Xiaolu for Finding Mr. Right | Peter Chan for American Dreams in China | Li Ruijun for Fly with the Crane |
| 2015 6th | Black Coal, Thin Ice | Lou Ye for Blind Massage | Liao Fan for Black Coal, Thin Ice | Gong Li for Coming Home | Diao Yinan for Black Coal, Thin Ice | Ann Hui for The Golden Era | Lü Yang for Brotherhood of Blades |
| 2016 7th | Mr. Six | Guan Hu for Mr. Six | Feng Xiaogang for Mr. Six | Bai Baihe for Go Away Mr. Tumor | Ah Cheng for The Assassin | Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Assassin | Gan Bi for Kaili Blues |
| 2017 8th | I Am Not Madame Bovary | Cheng Er for The Wasted Times | Zhang Yi for Cock and Bull | Fan Bingbing for I Am Not Madame Bovary | Liu Zhenyun for I Am Not Madame Bovary | Derek Tsang for Soul Mate | Zhang Dalei for The Summer Is Gone |
| 2018 9th | Youth | Vivian Qu for Angels Wear White | Tu Men for Old Beast | Zhou Dongyu for This Is Not What I Expected | Sylvia Chang & You Xiaoying for Love Education | Sylvia Chang for Love Education | Zhou Ziyang for Old Beast |
| 2019 10th | Dying to Survive | Jia Zhangke for Ash Is Purest White | Eric Wang for Dying to Survive | Ma Yili for Lost, Found | Song Tairu, Zhaxi Dawa for Ala Changso | Felix Chong for Project Gutenberg | Wen Muye for Dying to Survive |
| 2020 11th。 | The Wandering Earth | Wang Xiaoshuai for So Long, My Son | Wang Jingchun for So Long, My Son | Zhou Dongyu for Better Days | Diao Yinan for The Wild Goose Lake | Derek Tsang for Better Days | Huo Meng for Crossing The Border-ZhaoGuan |
| 2021 12th | The Eight Hundred | Pema Tseden for Balloon | Jinpa for Balloon | Gong Li for Leap | Zhang Ji for Leap | Peter Chan for Leap | Gu Xiaogang for Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains |
| 2022 13th | Hi, Mom | Lu Yang for A Writer's Odyssey | Chen Jianbin for The Eleventh Chapter | Zhou Xun for The Eleventh Chapter | Shao Yihui for Myth of Love | Leste Chen for Upcoming Summer | Shao Yihui for Myth of Love |
| 2023 14th | Home Coming | — | Zhu Yilong for Lighting Up the Stars | Wu Yanshu & Xi Meijuan for Song of Spring | Liu Bing & Geng Jun for Manchurian Tiger | Tsui Hark for The Battle at Lake Changjin II | Li Gen for Before Next Spring |
| 2024 15th | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | Cao Baoping for Across the Furious Sea | Yang Haoyu for Journey to the West | Zhou Xun for Across the Furious Sea | Hongni Xiaohuolu for Chang'an | Philip Yung for Where the Wind Blows | Kong Dashan for Journey to the West |

## Other awards
### Box Office Director of the Year

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2005 1st | Zhang Yimou | House of Flying Daggers |

### Lifetime Achievement award

| Year | Winner |
| 2005 1st | Wu Tianming |
| 2011 2nd | Xie Tieli |
| 2012 3rd | Wu Yigong |

### Special Jury award

| Year | Winner | Work |
| 2013 4th | Xu Zheng | |
| 2014 5th | Cui Jian | |
| 2015 6th | Dearest | |
| 2016 7th | Zhang Yang | Paths of the Soul |
| 2017 8th | Wang Xuebo | Knife in the Clear Water |
| 2017 8th | Wang Yichun | What's In The Darkness |
| 2018 9th | Zheng Dasheng | Bangzi Melody |
| 2019 10th | | Have a Nice Day |
| 2020 11th | | Ne Zha My People, My Country |
| 2021 12th | — | — |
| 2022 13th | | I Am What I Am |
| 2023 14th | | Yanagawa Moon Man |
| 2024 15th | | One and Four |

### Special Contribution award

| Year | Winner |
| 2013 4th | Xie Fei |

### Outstanding Contribution for Director

| Year | Winner |
| 2014 5th | Teng Wenji |
| 2015 6th | Zheng Dongtian |
| 2016 7th | Huang Shuqin |
| 2017 8th | Yan Jizhou |
| 2018 9th | Han Sanping |
| 2019 10th | Huang Jianxin |
| 2020 11th | Li Shaohong |
| 2021/2022/2023/2024 12th/13th/14th/15th | Zhang Yimou |

### Outstanding Directorial Debut

| Year | Winner |
| 2015 6th | The Coffin in the Mountain |