Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director

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.

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

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.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Director(s)	Film	Ref.
2002 (21st)	Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer	[2]
2003 (22nd)	Law Chi-Leung	Inter Sense	[3]
2004 (23rd)	Pang Ho Cheung	Men Suddenly In Black	[4]
	Wong Chun Chun	Truth Or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
	Carol Lai	The Floating Landscape
2005 (24th)	Wong Ching Po	Jiang Hu	[5]
	Barbara Wong Chun Chun	Six Strong Guys
	Toe Yuen	Mcdull, Prince De La Bun
2006 (25th)	Kenneth Bi	Rice Rhapsody	[6]
	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	[7]
	Law Wing Cheong	2 Become 1
	Patrick Kong	Marriage With A Fool
2008 (27th)	Yau Nai Hoi	Eye In The Sky	[8]
	Derek Kwok	The Pye-Dog
	Adam Wong	Magic Boy
2009 (28th)	Derek Kwok	The Moss	[9]
	Heiward Mak	High Noon
	Ivy Ho	Claustrophobia
2010 (29th)	Cheung King Wai	KJ	[10]
	Philip Yung	Glamorous Youth
	Roy Chow Hin Yeung	Murderer
2011 (30th)	Felix Chong Man Keung	Once A Gangster	[11]
	Ivy Ho	Crossing Hennessy
	Freddie Wong Kwok Shiu	The Drunkard
2012 (31st)	Tsang Tsui Shan	The Big Blue Lake	[12]
	Calvin Poon Yuen Leung	Hi, Fidelity
	Bill Yip Kim Fung	Cure
2013 (32nd)	Chow Hin Yeung	Nightfall	[13]
	Brian Tse	The Pork of Music
	Fung Chih Chiang	The Bounty
2014 (33rd)	Adam Wong	The Way We Dance	[14]
	Alan Yuen	Firestorm
	Juno Mak	Rigor Mortis
2015 (34th)	David Lee Kwong Yiu	Insanity	[15]
	Ruby Yang	My Voice, My Life
	Amos WHY	Dot 2 Dot
2016 (35th)	Raman Hui	Monster Hunt	[16]
	Nick Cheung Ka Fai	Keeper Of Darkness
	Lau Ho Leung	Two Thumbs Up
2017 (36th)	Wong Chun	Mad World	[17]
	Derek Tsang	Soul Mate
	Jazz Boon	Line Walker
	Andy Lo	Happiness
	Stevefat	Weeds on Fire
2018 (37th)	Kearen Pang	29+1	[18]
	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	Still Human	[19]
	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	[20]
	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)	Chan Kin-long	Hand Rolled Cigarette ‡	[21]
	Chiu Sin Hang	One Second Champion
	Man Lim Chung	Keep Rolling
	Lau Ho Leung	Caught in Time
	Jun Li	Drifting