Drunken Master
In 2005, Lau won a "Best Action Choreography" award at the Golden Horse Award for his action choreography work on Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords". He also won another Golden Horse Award in 1994, for "Best Martial Arts Direction" in the film "Drunken Master II" (or "The Legend of the Drunken Master"). In 1995, Lau also won a "Best Action Choreography" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his choreography in "Drunken Master II" and in 1997, the film won "Best Film" at the Fantasia Film Festival. Lau was also nominated for a "Best Action Choreography" Hong Kong Film Award in 2006 for his work on Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords", and nominated in 1983 for a "Best Action Choreography" Hong Kong Film Award for his work on "Legendary Weapons of China" (1982), which he also directed and wrote.