Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director explained

The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director,^[1] formerly known as the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing, is an award category of the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards.^[2] The award has been given annually by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy since 2007.^{[3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Original title
2007	Rakhshan Bani-E'temad and Mohsen Abdolvahab	Mainline	Khoon Bazi,
		Caramel	سكر بنات / Sekkar banat
		Little Moth	血蝉;/ xuè chán
		Crossing the Dust	Perrînewe le xobar
		Karoy
2008	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Three Monkeys	Üç Maymun,
		Sparrow	文雀 / Man Jeuk
		The Good, the Bad, the Weird	좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈;/ Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom
		Tokyo Sonata	トウキョウソナタ / Tōkyō Sonata
		Tulpan	Тюльпан
2009	Lu Chuan	City of Life and Death	南京！南京！, Nanjing	Nanjing!
		About Elly	درباره الی / Darbâreye Eli
		Dev.D
		Between Two Worlds	Ahasin Wetei
		Love Exposure	愛のむきだし / Ai no mukidashi

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Original title
2010	Lee Chang-dong	Poetry	시, Shi
		Monga	艋舺;/Báng-kah
		Honey	Bal
		Weaving Girl	纺织姑娘 / fǎng zhī gū niáng
		Aftershock	唐山大地震/ Tángshān Dà Dìzhèn
2011	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da,
		Elena	Елена
		Goodbye	به امید دیدار/ Be omid e didar
		A Separation	جدایی نادر از سیمین / odaí-e Nadér az Simín
		The Yellow Film	황해; / Hwang hae
		Let the Bullets Fly	让子弹飞; / Ràng Zǐ Dàn Fēi
2012	Brillante Mendoza	Thy Womb	Sinapupunan
		Night of Silence
		The Bear	Khers
		Lethal Hostage	边境风云 / Biānjìng Fēngyún
		Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
2013	Anthony Chen	Ilo Ilo	爸妈不在家,
		Harmony Lessons	Асланның сабақтары
	Huner Saleem	My Sweet Pepperland
		Like Father, Like Son	そして父になる / Soshite Chichi ni Naru
		Fish and Cat	ماهی و گربه / Mahi Va Gorbeh
2014	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Winter Sleep	Kış Uykusu,
	Rolf de Heer	Charlie's Country
	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Leviathan (2014 film)	Левиафан
	Im Kwon-taek	Revivre	화장 / Hwajang
	Rakhshan Bani-E'temad	Tales	قصه‌ها / Ghesse-ha
2015	Alexey German JR	Under Electric Clouds	Под электрическими облаками / Pod electricheskimi oblakami
	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	Cemetery of Splendour	รักที่ขอนแก่น / Rak Ti Khon Kaen
	Yermek Tursunov	Stranger	Жат / Zhat
			The Assassin		刺客聶隱娘 / Nie Yinniang
	Park Jungbum		산다 / Sanda
2016	Feng Xiaogang	I Am Not Madam Bovary ^[5]	我不是潘金莲 / Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian
	Anurag Kashyap		Raman Raghav 2.0
	Bi Gan	Kaili Blues	路边野餐 / Lu Bian Ye Can
	Lee Joon-Ik	The Throne	사도 / Sado
	Zeki Demirkubuz	Ember	Kor
2017	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Loveless	Nelyubov
		Scary Mother	Sashishi Deda
	Kore-eda Hirokazu	The Third Murder	Sandome no Satsujin
		Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts	Marlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak
	Sanal Kumar Sasidharan	Sexy Durga
2018	Nadine Labaki	Capharnaüm
	Bruce Beresford	Ladies in Black
	Emir Baigazin	The River	Ózen
	Kore-eda Hirokazu	Shoplifters	万引き家族 / Manbiki Kazoku
	Ivan Ayr	Soni
2019	Adilkhan Yerzhanov	A Dark, Dark Man
	Lav Diaz	The Halt	Ang Hupa
	Elia Suleiman	It Must Be Heaven
	Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers	Krabi, 2562
	Wang Xiaoshuai	So Long, My Son	地久天长

References

1. Web site: Film Categories and Awards . Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 7 September 2017 . 15 August 2024.
2. Web site: APSA Nominees & Winners . Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 14 August 2017 . 15 August 2024.
3. Web site: Frater . Patrick . 2021-11-11 . 'Drive My Car' Named Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 2022-10-01 . Variety . en-US.
4. Web site: Grater . Tom . 2021-11-11 . 'Drive My Car' Wins Best Feature At Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 2022-10-01 . Deadline . en-US.
5. Web site: 'I Am Not Madame Bovary' wins top prize at Asian Film Awards. 22 March 2017. Screen Daily. 19 September 2017.