The Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) is presented by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies at the Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding direction in a tragedy or drama production of the year.
Past winners YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.1992(1st)Chung King-faiM. ButterflyHong Kong Repertory Theatre Lee Ming-sum Uncle Doggie's NirvanaKo Tin-lung One of the Lucky Ones1993(2nd)I Have a Date with Spring May Fu Yuet-mai The night rider John Chung Endgame Seal Players1994(3rd)Fredric MaoThe Legend of a StorytellerChung Ying Theatre Company Anthony Chan Kam-kuen 瘋癲皇帝 Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Ko Tin-lung The Mad Phoenix Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1995(4th)Fredric MaoChildren of the WindThe Musical Company Dominic Cheung Ho-kin Johnny Got His Guns 旭日坊劇團 Tang Shu-wing Deathtrap Exploration Theatre1996(5th)Chung King-fai and Sammy Lam Lap-samThe End of the Long RiverHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts James Mark Death of a Salesman Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Ho Ying-fung Entering Miss Julie Theatre Resolu1997(6th)Chung King-faiThe Shadow BoxHong Kong Repertory Theatre May Fu Yuet-mai, Lo Wai-luk and Pak Yiu-charn And the Boat Sailed On Amity Drama Club Ho Ying-fung Miss Julie Doesn't Live Here Anymore Theatre Fanatical1998(7th)Fredric MaoThe girl who turned the world upside down毛俊輝實驗創作 Jacob Yu The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Chung King-fai Before the Rain Stops Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1999(8th)Daniel YangDe Ling & Empress Dowager Ci XiHong Kong Repertory Theatre Victor Pang Up he climbs, Down she crawls Actors' Family Chung King-fai and Anthony Chan Kam-kuen The Dresser Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Lee Ming-sum and Desmond Tang The Wilderness Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts2000(9th)Weigo Lee Kwok-waiCricket in My LifeProspects Theatre Fredric Mao Forever and Ever Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Chung King-fai A Sentimental Journey The Spring-Time Group2001(10th)Lee Ming-sumThe Top RestaurantSpring-Time Experimental Theatre Fredric Mao Red Boat Emperor Entertainment Group Poon Wai-sum Hu Xueyan, My Dear TNT Theatre2002(11th)Lee Ming-sumWhat a Blissful Encounter, Mr. Ts'ai!Chung Ying Theatre Company Dominic Cheung Ng Wong the Swordsman Theatre Space Victor Pang The Border Town Actors' Family2003(12th)Fredric MaoSecret of ResurrectionHong Kong Repertory Theatre Ko Tin-lung Alive in the Mortuary Chung Ying Theatre Company Tang Shu-wing Between Life and Death No Man's Land2004(13th)Dominic CheungTwelve Angry MenTheatre Space Weigo Lee Kwok-wai Dragon Head Prospects Theatre Victor Pang The Good Person of Szechwan Actors' Family2005(14th)Cheung Tat-mingRotate 270°Hong Kong Repertory Theatre May Fu Yuet-mai and Ko Tin-lung Inherit the Wind Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Dominic Cheung DA Theatre Space2006(15th)Tang Shu-wingPhaedraHong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Fredric Mao Proof Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Sammy Lam Lap-sam Trojan womenHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts2007(16th)Tang Shu-wingHamlet Dominic Cheung Ho-kin Taiji Theatre Space Desmond Tang Wai-kit The Unexpected Man We Draman Group2008(17th)Ko Tin-lungTuesdays with MorrieChung Ying Theatre Company Tang Shu-wing Di Nu Hwa Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Dominic Cheung Ho-kin Sunday in the Park with George Theatre Space2009(18th)Andrew ChanSeven Boxes Possessed of Kafka Alice Theatre Laboratory Dominic Cheung Ho-kin Judgment at Nuremberg Theatre Space Tang Shu-wing Titus Hong Kong Arts Festival and No Man's Land2010(19th)Lee Chun-chowMurder in San JoséHong Kong Arts Festival Victor Pang The Passage Beyond Actors' FamilyTang Shu-wing Titus Andronicus 2.0 Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio2011(20th)Rubik's Cube and its aftermathHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Anthony Chan Kam-kuen Dr. Faustus Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Edmond Lo Chi-sun Frankenstein Chung Ying Theatre Company and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Hardy Tsoi Sik-cheong Copenhagen Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and TNT Theatre2012(21st)Weigo Lee Kwok-waiDeath and the MaidenHong Kong Repertory Theatre Kenson Chan Wing-chuen Eight Hundred Years of Hatred, Eight Hundred Years of Healing POP Theatre Chan Chu-hei The French Kiss Theatre Horizon2013(22nd)Rocelia Fung Wai-hangRedHong Kong Repertory Theatre Yu Hon-ting Nitehawk Drama Gallery Tang Shu-wing Another Last Lesson Chung Ying Theatre Company2014(23rd)Roy SzetoThe Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a ManHong Kong Repertory Theatre Lee Chun-chow SmearHong Kong Arts Festival Chan Chu-hei Blast2015(24th)Rocelia Fung Wai-hangAttempts on Her LifeHong Kong Repertory Theatre Brenda Chan The Third Wave Arts' Options Carmen Lo Ching-man Informer Cinematic Theatre2016(25th)Chan Chu-heiLazy People are Always BusyWindmill Grass Theatre Fong Chun-kit Marriage Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Luther Fung All My Sons Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies2017(26th)Lee Chun-chowThree BrothersHong Kong Repertory Theatre Roy Szeto Hu Xueyan, My Dear Tang Shu-wing Macbeth Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio2018(27th)Rocelia Fung Wai-hangLe PèreHong Kong Repertory Theatre Andrew Chan The Hong Kong Three Sisters Alice Theatre Laboratory Chan Chu-hei The Massage King Windmill Grass Theatre2019(28th)Tony WongRashomonChung Ying Theatre Company Fong Chun-kit Auspicious Day Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Chan Chu-hei No News is True News Windmill Grass Theatre Edmond Lo Chi-sun The Miracles of the Namiya General Store Chung Ying Theatre Company2020(29th)Lee Chun-chowMay 35thStage 64 Alex Taylor The Normal Heart Windmill Grass Theatre Rocelia Fung Wai-hang A Dream Like a Dream Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2022(30th)Chan Chu-heiNo News is True News 2Windmill Grass Theatre Roy Szeto The Woman in Kenzo Chung Ying Theatre Company Chu Pak-him and Yang Yun-tao A Tale of the Southern Sky Hong Kong Dance Company and Actors' Family2023(31st)Fong Chun-kitThe Impossible TrialHong Kong Repertory Theatre and West Kowloon Cultural District Octavian Chan One Last Gift Emperor Entertainment Group Tony Wong We are gay Hong Kong Arts Festival2024(32nd)Birdy Wong Ching-yanI am TreeArtocrite Theatre Tony Wong Romeo and Juliet Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Kingston Lo Leave Him in The Dust Theatre Formula2025(33rd)Roy Szeto and Ata Wong Chun-tatA Journey of SanshiroHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Drama Ivor Houlker and Michelle Li Yuen-jing Songs of Innocence and Experience West Kowloon Cultural District and Rooftop Productions Octavian Chan and Rocelia Fung Wai-hang The Doctor Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2026(34th)Roy SzetoThe Top RestaurantHong Kong Repertory Theatre Yau Ting-fai Le Fils Chan Ping-chiu and Kingston Lo Flowing Warbler 2.0On & On Theatre Workshop Wong Hin-yan and Santayana Li In a Perfect World
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