| Golden Horse Award for Best Director | |
| Presenter: | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee |
| Location: | Taiwan |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Holder: | Lou Ye for An Unfinished Film (2024) |
The Golden Horse Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards.
| Year | Director | Film | Other nominees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Doe Ching | Les Belles | ||
| 1963 | Li Han-hsiang | The Love Eterne | ||
| 1965 | Li Hsing | Beautiful Duckling | ||
| 1966 | Li Han-hsiang | |||
| 1967 | Lee Chia | Orchids and My Love | ||
| 1968 | Pai Ching-jui | Lonely Seventeen | ||
| 1969 | Pai Ching-jui | The Bride and I | ||
| 1970 | Chang Tseng-chai | From the Highway | ||
| 1971 | Ting Shan-hsi | The Ammunition Hunter | ||
| 1972 | Li Hsing | Execution in Autumn | ||
| 1973 | Cheng Kang | The 14 Amazons | ||
| 1975 | Liu Yi | Long Way from Home | ||
| 1976 | Chang Pei-cheng | The Venturer | ||
| 1977 | Chang Tseng-chai | Heroes in the Eastern Sky | ||
| 1978 | Li Hsing | He Never Gives Up | Chen Yao-chi - The Diary of Di Di Michael Hui - The Contract | |
| 1979 | King Hu | Legend of the Mountain | Li Hsing - The Story of a Small Town Tu Chung-hsun - A Special Smile | |
| 1980 | Wang Chu-chin | The Legend of the Six Dynasty | Ann Hui - The Secret Ting Shan-hsi - Magnificent 72 | |
| 1981 | Tsui Hark | All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution | - Tong Ban Tong Xue Patrick Tam - Love Massacre | |
| 1982 | Alex Cheung | Man on the Brink | Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Green, Green Grass of Home Peter Yung - Life After Life | |
| 1983 | Chen Kun-hou | Growing Up | Choi Kai-kwong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Edward Yang - That Day, on the Beach | |
| 1984 | Johnny Mak | Long Arm of the Law | Chang Yi - Jade Love Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Boys from Fengkuei | |
| 1985 | Chang Yi | Kuei-Mei, a Woman | Chen Kun-hou - His Matrimony Hou Hsiao-hsien - The Time to Live and the Time to Die | |
| 1986 | John Woo | A Better Tomorrow | Sylvia Chang - Passion Li Hsing - The Heroic Pioneers | |
| 1987 | Wang Toon | Strawman | Jackie Chan - Project A II Mabel Cheung - An Autumn's Tale | |
| 1988 | Alex Law | Painted Faces | Ann Hui - Starry is the Night Wong Kar-wai - As Tears Go By | |
| 1989 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | City of Sadness | Stanley Kwan - Full Moon in New York Yang Li-kuo - The Dull-Ice Flower |
| Year | Director(s) | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (58th) | Chen Yu-hsun | My Missing Valentine | |
| Tsai Ming-liang | Days | ||
| Huang Hsin-yao | Classmates Minus | ||
| Cheng Yu-chieh | Dear Tenant | ||
| Fruit Chan | The Abortionist | ||
| 2021 (58th) | Clara Law | Drifting Petals | |
| Cheng Wei-hao | The Soul | ||
| Chung Mong-hong | The Falls | ||
| Jun Li | Drifting | ||
| Ho Wi-ding, Hu Chih-hsin | Terrorizers | ||
| 2022 (59th) | Laha Mebow | Gaga | |
| Cheang Pou-soi | Limbo | ||
| Kevin Ko | Incantation | ||
| Chang Tso-chi | Flotsam and Jetsam | ||
| Chan Ching-lin | Coo-Coo 043 | ||
| 2023 (60th) | Hsiao Ya-chuan | Old Fox | [1] |
| Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka | Stonewalling | ||
| Cheng Wei-hao | Marry My Dead Body | ||
| Chong Keat Aun | Snow in Midsummer | ||
| Wong Ching-po | The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | ||
| 2024 (61st) | Lou Ye | An Unfinished Film | [2] |
| Geng Jun | Bel Ami | ||
| Yeo Siew Hua | Stranger Eyes | ||
| Ray Yeung | All Shall Be Well | ||
| John Hsu | Dead Talents Society | ||