Asian Film Award for Best Director
| Asian Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Daihachi Yoshida | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Directing in Asian Cinema |
| Presented by | Asian Film Awards Academy |
| First award | 2007 |
| Most recent winner | Daihachi Yoshida Teki Cometh (2025) |
| Website | afa-academy |
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. It was first presented in 2007.
Winners and nominees
2000s
| Year | Recipient(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jia Zhangke | Still Life | 三峡好人 |
| Hong Sang-soo | Woman on the Beach | 해변의 여인 | |
| Jafar Panahi | Offside | آفساید | |
| Johnnie To | Exiled | 放逐 | |
| Tsai Ming-liang | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | 黑眼圈 | |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Syndromes and a Century | อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล | |
| 2008 | Lee Chang-dong | Secret Sunshine | 밀양 |
| Peter Chan | The Warlords | 投名状 | |
| Jiang Wen | The Sun Also Rises | 太阳照常升起 | |
| Ang Lee | Lust, Caution | 投名状 | |
| Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない | |
| Zhang Lu | Desert Dream | 경계 | |
| 2009 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Still Walking | 歩いても 歩いても |
| Feng Xiaogang | If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 | |
| Kim Jee-woon | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 | |
| Brillante Mendoza | Service | Serbis | |
| Hayao Miyazaki | Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | 崖の上のポニョ | |
| John Woo | Red Cliff | 赤壁 |
2010s
2020s
See also
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director
- European Film Award for Best Director
- Golden Horse Award for Best Director
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
- Silver Lion
References
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- ^ Soriano, Jianne (September 9, 2021). "Asian Film Awards 2021: Full List of Nominees". Tatler Asia. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ Soriano, Jianne (October 8, 2021). "All the Winners From the Asian Film Awards 2021". Tatler Asia. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ Rosser, Michael (January 6, 2023). "'Decision To Leave' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Rosser, Michael (March 12, 2023). "'Drive My Car' wins top prize at Asian Film Awards, Tony Leung takes two trophies". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman (March 10, 2024). "'Evil Does Not Exist' Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (March 16, 2025). "Asian Film Awards: 'All We Imagine as Light' Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for 'Teki Cometh'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2025.