Asian Film Award for Best Director

Asian Film Award for Best Director
The 2025 recipient: Daihachi Yoshida
Awarded forExcellence in Directing in Asian Cinema
Presented byAsian Film Awards Academy
First award2007
Most recent winnerDaihachi Yoshida
Teki Cometh (2025)
Websiteafa-academy.com

The Asian Film Award for Best Director is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema.

History

It was first presented in 2007 during the first edition of the awards. Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke was the first recipient of the award for his work in the drama Still Life. The most recent winner is Japanese director Daihachi Yoshida for the film Teki Cometh.

Japanese film director Hirokazu Kore-eda and South Korean director Lee Chang-dong both hold the record of most wins in the category with three; Kore-eda for Still Walking (2009), Broker (2023) and Monster (2024); Lee for Secret Sunshine (2008), Poetry (2011) and Burning (2019). They are also the only directors with multiple wins in the category. Hirokazu Koreeda is also the director with the most nominations for the award with six.

Winners and nominees

Jia Zhangke, the inaugural winner of the award
Three-time winner Lee Chang-dong
Three-time winner Hirokazu Kore-eda
2012 winner Asghar Farhadi
2013 winner Takeshi Kitano
2014 winner Wong Kar-wai
2015 winner Ann Hui
2016 winner Hou Hsiao-hsien
2021 winner Zhang Yimou
2020 winner Wang Xiaoshuai

2000s

Year Recipient(s) English title Original title Ref.
2007 China Jia Zhangke Still Life 三峡好人 [1]
[2]
South Korea Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 해변의 여인
Iran Jafar Panahi Offside آفساید
Hong Kong Johnnie To Exiled 放逐
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 黑眼圈
Thailand Apichatpong Weerasethakul Syndromes and a Century อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล
2008 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine 밀양 [3]
[4]
Hong Kong Peter Chan The Warlords 投名状
China Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起
Taiwan Ang Lee Lust, Caution 投名状
Japan Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない
South Korea Zhang Lu Desert Dream 경계
2009 Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても [5]
[6]
China Feng Xiaogang If You Are the One 非诚勿扰
South Korea Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈
Philippines Brillante Mendoza Service Serbis
Japan Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 崖の上のポニョ
Hong Kong John Woo Red Cliff 赤壁

2010s

Year Recipient(s) English title Original title Ref.
2010 China Lu Chuan City of Life and Death 南京! 南京! [7]
[8]
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Mother 마더
Iran Asghar Farhadi About Elly درباره الی, Darbareye Elly
Philippines Brillante Mendoza Grandmother Lola
Japan Sion Sono Love Exposure 愛のむきだし
Hong Kong Yonfan Prince of Tears 淚王子
2011 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Poetry 시 [9]
[10]
China Feng Xiaogang Aftershock 唐山大地震
China Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞
Japan Takashi Miike 13 Assassins 十三人の刺客
South Korea Na Hong-jin The Yellow Sea 황해
Japan Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions 告白
2012 Iran Asghar Farhadi A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین, Jodái-e Náder az Simin [11]
[12]
Indonesia Teddy Soeriaatmadja Lovely Man
Japan Sion Sono Guilty of Romance 恋の罪
Hong Kong Tsui Hark Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 龍門飛甲
Taiwan Wei Te-sheng Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊
China Zhang Yimou The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗
2013 Japan Takeshi Kitano Outrage Beyond アウトレイジ ビヨンド [13]
India Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2
Iran Abbas Kiarostami Like Someone in Love ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ
South Korea Kim Ki-duk Pietà 피에타
China Lou Ye Mystery 浮城谜事
2014 Hong Kong Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster 一代宗師 [14]
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Snowpiercer 설국열차
Singapore Anthony Chen Ilo Ilo 爸妈不在家
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Like Father, Like Son そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs Jiao You
2015 Hong Kong Ann Hui The Golden Era 黃金時代 [15]
India Vishal Bhardwaj Haider
Philippines Lav Diaz From What Is Before Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon
South Korea Hong Sang-soo Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕
China Lou Ye Blind Massage 推拿
Japan Shinya Tsukamoto Fires on the Plain Nobi
2016 Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 [16]
[17]
China Guan Hu Mr. Six 老炮兒
China Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart 山河故人
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Our Little Sister 海街diary
South Korea Ryoo Seung-wan Veteran 베테랑
2017 South Korea Na Hong-jin The Wailing 곡성 [18]
[19]
Philippines Lav Diaz The Woman Who Left Ang Babaeng Humayo
China Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲
Japan Kōji Fukada Harmonium 淵に立つ
Hong Kong Derek Tsang Soul Mate 七月與安生
2018 Japan Yuya Ishii The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue 映画 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ [20]
[21]
Taiwan Sylvia Chang Love Education 相愛相親
China Chen Kaige Legend of the Demon Cat 妖猫传
China Feng Xiaogang Youth 芳华
South Korea Hong Sang-soo The Day After 그 후
Hong Kong Ann Hui Our Time Will Come 明月幾時有
2019 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Burning 버닝 [22]
[23]
China Pema Tseden Jinpa 撞死了一只羊
India Rajkumar Hirani Sanju
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Shoplifters 万引き家族
Hong Kong Fruit Chan Three Husbands 三夫

2020s

Year Recipient(s) English title Original title Ref.
2020 China Wang Xiaoshuai So Long, My Son 地久天长 [24]
[25]
China Pema Tseden Balloon དབུགས་ལྒང་། (Tibetan); 气球 (Simplified Chinese)
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang Days 日子
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Parasite 기생충
Taiwan Chung Mong-hong A Sun 陽光普照
Japan Nobuhiro Suwa Voices in the Wind 風の電話
2021 China Zhang Yimou One Second 一秒钟 [26]
[27]
Kazakhstan Adhilkan Yerzhanov Yellow Cat
Japan Kiyoshi Kurosawa Wife of a Spy スパイの妻
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像
South Korea Lee Joon-ik The Book of Fish 자산어보
2023 South Korea Hirokazu Kore-eda Broker 브로커 [28]
[29]
South Korea Park Chan-wook Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー
Cambodia Davy Chou Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul
Kazakhstan Darezhan Omirbaev Poet Akyn
2024 Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Monster 怪物 [30]
China Gu Xiaogang Dwelling by the West Lake 草木人間
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない
South Korea Kim Sung-su 12.12: The Day 서울의 봄
Sri Lanka Prasanna Vithanage Paradise
2025 Japan Daihachi Yoshida Teki Cometh 敵 [31]
India Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light
South Korea Jang Jae-hyun Exhuma 파묘
China Guan Hu Black Dog 狗阵
Cambodia Rithy Panh Meeting with Pol Pot Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot

See also

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