Golden Horse Award for Best New Director
Taiwanese film award
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The Golden Horse Award for Best New Director (Chinese: 金馬獎最佳新導演) is presented annually at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards.
Awarded forBest First Narrative Feature in a Directing Role
CountryTaiwan
Presented byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
First award2010
| Golden Horse Award for Best New Director | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Lloyd Lee Choi | |
| Awarded for | Best First Narrative Feature in a Directing Role |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Presented by | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee |
| First award | 2010 |
| Currently held by | Lloyd Lee Choi for Lucky Lu (2025) |
| Website | goldenhorse |
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
2010s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (47th) |
Ho Wi-ding | Pinoy Sunday | 台北星期天 |
| Li Weiran | Welcome to Shama Town | 決戰剎馬鎮 | |
| Hou Chi-jan | One Day | 有一天 | |
| Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan | Lover's Discourse | 戀人絮語 | |
| 2011 (48th) |
Wuershan | The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman | 刀見笑 |
| Giddens Ko | You Are the Apple of My Eye | 那些年，我們一起追的女孩 | |
| Xu Haofeng | The Sword Identity | 倭寇的蹤跡 | |
| Du Jiayi | Kora | 轉山 | |
| 2012 (49th) |
Chang Jung-chi | Touch of the Light | 逆光飛翔 |
| Yang Yi-chien and Jim Wang | Cha Cha for Twins | 寶米恰恰 | |
| Fung Kai | Din Tao: Leader of the Parade | 陣頭 | |
| Hero Lin | Silent Code | BBS鄉民的正義 | |
| Tsai Yueh-hsun | Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault | 痞子英雄之全面開戰 | |
| 2013 (50th) |
Anthony Chen | Ilo Ilo | 爸媽不在家 |
| Zhao Wei | So Young | 致我們終將逝去的青春 | |
| Longman Leung and Sunny Luk | Cold War | 寒戰 | |
| Juno Mak | Rigor Mortis | 殭屍 | |
| Hsu Chao-jen | Together | 甜·祕密 | |
| 2014 (51st) |
Chen Jianbin | A Fool | 一個勺子 |
| Chienn Hsiang | Exit | 迴光奏鳴曲 | |
| Xin Yukun | The Coffin in the Mountain | 心迷宮 | |
| Umin Boya | Kano | KANO | |
| Li Xiaofeng | Nezha | 少女哪吒 | |
| 2015 (52nd) |
Bi Gan | Kaili Blues | 路边野餐 |
| Lee Chung | The Laundryman | 青田街一號 | |
| Alec Su | The Left Ear | 左耳 | |
| Xiang Guoqiang | Young Love Lost | 少年巴比倫 | |
| Frankie Chen | Our Times | 我的少女時代 | |
| 2016 (53rd) |
Wong Chun | Mad World | 一念無明 |
| Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong | Trivisa | 樹大招風 | |
| Chu Hsien-che | White Ant | 白蟻-慾望謎網 | |
| Zhang Dalei | The Summer Is Gone | 八月 | |
| Cheng Wei-hao | The Tag-Along | 紅衣小女孩 | |
| 2017 (54th) |
Huang Hsin-yao | The Great Buddha+ | 大佛普拉斯 |
| Huang Xi | Missing Johnny | 強尼·凱克 | |
| Tan Seng Kiat | Shuttle Life | 分貝人生 | |
| Zhou Ziyang | Old Beast | 老獸 | |
| Chan Ching-lin | The Island That All Flow By | 川流之島 | |
| 2018 (55th) |
Wen Muye | Dying to Survive | 我不是藥神 |
| Hsu Chih-yen and Mag Hsu | Dear Ex | 誰先愛上他的 | |
| Rene Liu | Us and Them | 後來的我們 | |
| Hu Bo | An Elephant Sitting Still | 大象席地而坐 | |
| Dong Yue | The Looming Storm | 暴雪將至 | |
| 2019 (56th) |
John Hsu | Detention | 返校 |
| Hung Tzu-hsuan | The Scoundrels | 狂徒 | |
| Jack Hsu | The Last Thieves | 聖人大盜 | |
| Wong Yee-lam | My Prince Edward | 金都 | |
| Lau Kek-huat, Vera Chen | Boluomi | 波羅蜜 |
2020s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (57th) |
Chong Keat Aun | The Story of Southern Islet | 南巫 | [1] |
| Chan Kin-long | Hand Rolled Cigarette | 手捲煙 | ||
| Liao Ming-yi | I WeirDo | 怪胎 | ||
| Joseph Hsu Chen-chieh | Little Big Women | 孤味 | ||
| Ko Chen-nien | The Silent Forest | 無聲 | ||
| 2021 (58th) |
Fiona Roan Feng-i | American Girl | 美國女孩 | [2] |
| C.B. Yi | Moneyboys | 金錢男孩Moneyboys | ||
| Rex Ren, Lam Sum | May You Stay Forever Young | 少年 | ||
| Yin Chen-hao | Man in Love | 當男人戀愛時 | ||
| Hsu Fu-hsiang | Treat or Trick | 詭扯 | ||
| 2022 (59th) |
Lau Kok Rui | The Sunny Side of the Street | 白日青春 | [3] |
| He Shuming | Ajoomma | 花路阿朱媽 | ||
| Kai Ko | Bad Education | 黑的教育 | ||
| Tseng Ying-ting | The Abandoned | 查無此心 | ||
| Hong Heng-fai | Kissing the Ground You Walked On | 海鷗來過的房間 | ||
| 2023 (60th) |
Nick Cheuk | Time Still Turns the Pages | 年少日記 | [4] [5] |
| Lee Hong-chi | Love Is a Gun | 愛是一把槍 | ||
| Jin Ong | Abang Adik | 富都青年 | ||
| Alan Zhang | This Woman | 这个女人 | ||
| Sun Jie | The Mountain Is Coming | 大山來了 | ||
| 2024 (61st) |
Chiang Wei-liang, Yin You-qiao | Mongrel | 白衣蒼狗 | [6] [7] |
| Qiu Yang | Some Rain Must Fall | 空房間裡的女人 | ||
| Ye Xingyu | Three Castrated Goats | 三個羯子 | ||
| Ho Miu-ki | Love Lies | 我談的那場戀愛 | ||
| Peng Tzu-hui, Wang Ping-wen | A Journey in Spring | 春行 | ||
| 2025 (62nd) |
Lloyd Lee Choi | Lucky Lu | [8] [9] | |
| Shen Ko-shang | Deep Quiet Room | 深度安靜 | ||
| Shih-Ching Tsou | Left-Handed Girl | 左撇子女孩 | ||
| Pan Ke-yin | Family Matters | 我家的事 | ||
| Tan Siyou | Amoeba | 核 | ||
See also
- Asian Film Award for Best New Director
- BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director
- Caméra d'Or
- César Award for Best First Film
- Goya Award for Best New Director
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director
- Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature