Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director

Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director
Awarded for	Achievement in cinematic direction
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First awarded	2002
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Kin Long Chan (2022)
Website	http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist.html

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a director who is considered the best of the year.

History

In 2002 the new category of Outstanding Young Director was created as a way to recognise up-and-coming directors, the first award was presented to Stephen Chow for his 2001 film Shaolin Soccer. Two years later at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards the award was renamed Best New Director and continues to be presented.

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Director(s)	Film	Ref.
2002 (21st)	Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer
2003 (22nd)	Law Chi-Leung	Inter Sense
2004 (23rd)	Pang Ho Cheung	Men Suddenly In Black
	Wong Chun Chun	Truth Or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
	Carol Lai	The Floating Landscape
2005 (24th)	Wong Ching Po	Jiang Hu
	Barbara Wong Chun Chun	Six Strong Guys
	Toe Yuen	Mcdull, Prince De La Bun
2006 (25th)	Kenneth Bi	Rice Rhapsody
	Mathew Tang Hon Keung	Before Twenty…. Before Too Old….
	Derek Yee Tung Sing Chun Tin Nam	2 Young
	Stephen Fung	House Of Fury
2007 (26th)	Daniel Wu	The Heavenly Kings
	Law Wing Cheong	2 Become 1
	Patrick Kong	Marriage With A Fool
2008 (27th)	Yau Nai Hoi	Eye In The Sky
	Derek Kwok	The Pye-Dog
	Adam Wong	Magic Boy
2009 (28th)	Derek Kwok	The Moss
	Heiward Mak	High Noon
	Ivy Ho	Claustrophobia
2010 (29th)	Cheung King Wai	KJ
	Philip Yung	Glamorous Youth
	Roy Chow Hin Yeung	Murderer
2011 (30th)	Felix Chong Man Keung	Once A Gangster
	Ivy Ho	Crossing Hennessy
	Freddie Wong Kwok Shiu	The Drunkard
2012 (31st)	Tsang Tsui Shan	The Big Blue Lake
	Calvin Poon Yuen Leung	Hi, Fidelity
	Bill Yip Kim Fung	Cure
2013 (32nd)	Chow Hin Yeung	Nightfall
	Brian Tse	The Pork of Music
	Fung Chih Chiang	The Bounty
2014 (33rd)	Adam Wong	The Way We Dance
	Alan Yuen	Firestorm
	Juno Mak	Rigor Mortis
2015 (34th)	David Lee Kwong Yiu	Insanity
	Ruby Yang	My Voice, My Life
	Amos WHY	Dot 2 Dot
2016 (35th)	Raman Hui	Monster Hunt
	Nick Cheung Ka Fai	Keeper Of Darkness
	Lau Ho Leung	Two Thumbs Up
2017 (36th)	Wong Chun	Mad World
	Derek Tsang	Soul Mate
	Jazz Boon	Line Walker
	Andy Lo	Happiness
	Stevefat	Weeds on Fire
2018 (37th)	Kearen Pang	29+1
	Jonathan Li	The Brink
	Chapman To	The Empty Hands
	Derek Hui	This Is Not What I Expected
	Chan Tai Lee	Tomorrow is Another Day
2019 (38th)	Oliver Chan Siu Kuen	Still Human
	Lee Cheuk Pan	G Affairs
	Sunny Chan	Men On The Dragon
	Jeff Cheung	Agent Mr Chan
	Jun Li	Tracey
2020 (39th)	Norris Wong	My Prince Edward
	Jazz Boon	Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
	Wong Hing Fan	I’m Livin’ It
	Nick Leung Kwok-Pun	Lion Rock
	Cheuk Cheung	Bamboo Theatre
2022 (40th)	Kin Long Chan	Hand Rolled Cigarette ‡
	Chiu Sin Hang	One Second Champion
	Man Lim Chung	Keep Rolling
	Lau Ho Leung	Caught in Time
	Jun Li	Drifting

External links

• Official website