The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director, formerly known as the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing, is an award category of the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The award has been given annually by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy since 2007.
Winners and nominees
2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilmOriginal title2007(1st) Rakhshan Bani-E'temad and Mohsen Abdolvahab Mainline Khoon Bazi, Nadine Labaki Caramel سكر بنات / Sekkar banat Peng Tao Little Moth 血蝉;/ xuè chán Shawkat Amin Korki Crossing the Dust Perrînewe le xobar Zhanna Issabayeva Karoy 2008(2nd) Nuri Bilge CeylanThree Monkeys Üç Maymun, Johnnie To Sparrow 文雀 / Man Jeuk Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈;/ Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom Kiyoshi Kurosawa Tokyo Sonata トウキョウソナタ / Tōkyō Sonata Sergey Dvortsevoy Tulpan Тюльпан2009(3rd) Lu ChuanCity of Life and Death 南京！南京！, Nanjing! Nanjing! Asghar Farhadi About Elly درباره الی / Darbâreye Eli Anurag Kashyap Dev.D Vimukthi Jayasundara Between Two Worlds Ahasin Wetei Sion Sono Love Exposure 愛のむきだし / Ai no mukidashi
2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmOriginal title2010(4th) Lee Chang-dongPoetry 시, Shi Doze Niu Monga 艋舺;/Báng-kah Semih Kaplanoğlu Honey Bal Wang Quan'an Weaving Girl 纺织姑娘 / fǎng zhī gū niáng Feng Xiaogang Aftershock 唐山大地震/ Tángshān Dà Dìzhèn2011(5th) Nuri Bilge CeylanOnce Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da, Andrey Zvyagintsev Elena Елена Mohammad Rasoulof Goodbye به امید دیدار/ Be omid e didar Asghar Farhadi A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین / odaí-e Nadér az Simín Na Hong-jin The Yellow Film 황해; / Hwang hae Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞; / Ràng Zǐ Dàn Fēi 2012(6th) Brillante MendozaThy Womb Sinapupunan Reis Çelik Night of Silence Khosro Masoumi The Bear Khers Cheng Er Lethal Hostage 边境风云 / Biānjìng Fēngyún Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 2013(7th) Anthony ChenIlo Ilo 爸妈不在家, Emir Baighazin Harmony Lessons Асланның сабақтары Huner Saleem My Sweet Pepperland Hirokazu Koreeda Like Father, Like Son そして父になる / Soshite Chichi ni Naru Shahram Mokri Fish and Cat ماهی و گربه / Mahi Va Gorbeh2014(8th) Nuri Bilge CeylanWinter Sleep Kış Uykusu, Rolf de HeerCharlie's Country Andrey ZvyagintsevLeviathan (2014 film)Левиафан Im Kwon-taekRevivre화장 / Hwajang Rakhshan Bani-E'temadTalesقصهها / Ghesse-ha2015(9th) Alexey German JRUnder Electric CloudsПод электрическими облаками / Pod electricheskimi oblakami Apichatpong WeerasethakulCemetery of Splendourรักที่ขอนแก่น / Rak Ti Khon Kaen Yermek TursunovStranger Жат / Zhat Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 / Nie YinniangPark JungbumAlive 산다 / Sanda2016(10th) Feng XiaogangI Am Not Madam Bovary 我不是潘金莲 / Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian Anurag KashyapPsycho Raman Raman Raghav 2.0 Bi Gan Kaili Blues 路边野餐 / Lu Bian Ye Can Lee Joon-IkThe Throne사도 / Sado Zeki DemirkubuzEmber Kor 2017(11th) Andrey Zvyagintsev LovelessNelyubov Ana Urushadze Scary Mother Sashishi Deda Kore-eda HirokazuThe Third MurderSandome no Satsujin Mouly Surya Marlina the Murderer in Four ActsMarlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak Sanal Kumar SasidharanSexy Durga2018(12th) Nadine LabakiCapharnaüm Bruce BeresfordLadies in Black Emir BaigazinThe RiverÓzen Kore-eda HirokazuShoplifters万引き家族 / Manbiki Kazoku Ivan AyrSoni2019(13th) Adilkhan YerzhanovA Dark, Dark Man Lav DiazThe HaltAng Hupa Elia SuleimanIt Must Be Heaven Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben RiversKrabi, 2562 Wang XiaoshuaiSo Long, My Son地久天长 2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmOriginal title2021(14th) - Asghar FarhadiA Hero Dea KulumbegashviliBeginning Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car P. S. Vinothraj Pebbles Kamila Andini Yuni2022(15th) Davy ChouReturn to Seoul Kamila Andini Before, Now & Then Lav Diaz When the Waves Are Gone Ameer Fakher Eldin The Stranger Shin Su-won Hommage2023(16th)Celine SongPast Lives Darkhan Tulegenov Brothers Liang Ming Carefree Days Rima Das Tora's Husband Ryusuke Hamaguchi Evil Does Not Exist2024(17th)Tato KotetishviliHoly Electricity Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light Dea Kulumbegashvili April Rithy Panh Meeting with Pol Pot Jiang Xiaoxuan To Kill a Mongolian Horse2025(18th)Jafar PanahiIt Was Just an Accident Amir Azizi Inside Amir Akio Fujimoto Lost Land Garin Nugroho Samsara Sengedorj Janchivdorj Silent City Driver
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