The Golden Era
2014- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Director (2014) · Winner
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Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Director (2015) · Winner
- Winner
Asian Film Awards · Best Director (2015) · Winner
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Ann Hui
許鞍華
1947 – Present
- Genres
- Drama
- Region
- East Asia
- Heritage
- Hong Kong
- Featured in
- Cinema Across BordersA Life’s Work
Biography
Ann Hui On-wah (born 23 May 1947 to a Chinese father and a Japanese mother) is a Hong Kong film director, film producer and occasional screenwriter, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hong Kong New Wave.
Selected Filmography
Selected Recognition
A Simple Life
2011- Winner
Venice Film Festival · Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2011) · Winner
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Director (2011) · Winner
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Actor (2011) · Winner
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Actress (2011) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Film (2012) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Director (2012) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Actor (2012) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Actress (2012) · Winner
- Winner
Asian Film Awards · Best Actress (2012) · Winner
- Winner
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · Best Film (2011) · Winner
- Winner
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · Best Actress (2011) · Winner
- Nominee
Venice Film Festival · Golden Lion (2011) · Nominee
- First
Deanie Ip became the first Hong Konger to win the Volpi Cup — Best Actress, Venice Film Festival
The Way We Are
2008- Winner
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards · Film of Merit (2009) · Winner
July Rhapsody
2002- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Actor (2003) · Winner
Ordinary Heroes
1999- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Picture (2000) · Winner
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Feature Film, Best Director (1999) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Director (1991) · Winner
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Director (1990) · Winner
- Winner
Asia Pacific Film Festival · Best Film (1990) · Winner
- First
Screened in Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival — considered a defining work of the Hong Kong New Wave, consolidating Ann Hui's status as one of the movement's leading directors
Boat People
1982- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Film (1983) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Director (1983) · Winner
- Winner
Hong Kong Film Awards · Best Screenplay, Best New Performer, Best Art Direction (1983) · Winner
Career
- First
Ann Hui has won Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards six times, more than any other director — as of 2018 — Boat People, Summer Snow, The Way We Are, A Simple Life, The Golden Era, and Our Time Will Come
- First
Ann Hui became the first woman director to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival — 2020
