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| AFI Fest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nominated | Grand Jury Prize |
for:
Keep Cool (1997). |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Amanda |
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) for: Ju Dou (1990). |
| Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Silver Condor |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). China. |
| 1992 | Won | Silver Condor |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Ju Dou (1990). China. |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award |
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| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film |
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| Asian Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | Asian Film Award |
Best Director for: The Flowers of War (2011). |
| 2010 | Won | Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema |
|
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). Shared with: William Kong |
| 1995 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language for: To Live (1994). Shared with: Fu-Sheng Chiu |
| 1993 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). Shared with: Fu-Sheng Chiu |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009). |
| 2003 | Won | Alfred Bauer Award |
for:
Hero (2002). |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
Hero (2002). |
|
| 2000 | Won | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
Competition for: The Road Home (2000). |
| Silver Berlin Bear |
Jury Grand Prix for: The Road Home (2000). |
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| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
The Road Home (2000). |
|
| 1988 | Won | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
Red Sorghum (1987). |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film) for: The Road Home (2000). |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Director for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Won | Technical Grand Prize |
for:
Shanghai Triad (1995). |
| Nominated | Palme d'Or |
for:
Shanghai Triad (1995). |
|
| 1994 | Won | Grand Prize of the Jury |
for:
To Live (1994). Tied with _Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994)_ . |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
for:
To Live (1994). Tied with _Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994)_ . |
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| Nominated | Palme d'Or |
for:
To Live (1994). |
|
| 1990 | Nominated | Palme d'Or |
for:
Ju Dou (1990). |
| Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Gold Hugo |
Best Feature for: Ju Dou (1990) (feature film) . Shared with: Fengliang Yang (director) |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Screen International Award |
for:
House of Flying Daggers (2004). China. |
| 1999 | Nominated | Screen International Award |
for:
Not One Less (1999). China |
| Fajr Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Crystal Simorgh |
International Competition - Best Film for: The Road Home (2000). |
| Florida Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Audience Award |
Best International Feature Film for: The Road Home (2000). |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Critics Award |
Best Foreign Film for: The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). China. Tied with Man Bites Dog (1992). |
| Ghent International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Grand Prix |
for:
Hero (2002). |
| Golden Rooster Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Golden Rooster |
Best Director for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
| 2003 | Won | Golden Rooster |
Best Director for: Hero (2002). |
| 2000 | Won | Golden Rooster |
Best Director for: The Road Home (2000). Tied with Guoxing Chen for Roaring Across the Horizon (1999). |
| 1999 | Won | Golden Rooster |
Best Director for: Not One Less (1999). |
| 1988 | Won | Golden Rooster |
Best Actor for: Lao jing (1986). |
| Nominated | Golden Rooster |
Best Director for: Red Sorghum (1987). |
|
| Hawaii International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Won | Vision in Film Award |
|
| 1985 | Won | Excellence in Cinematography Award |
|
| Hong Kong Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Nominated | Hong Kong Film Award |
Best Director for: Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). |
| 2003 | Nominated | Hong Kong Film Award |
Best Director for: Hero (2002). |
Best Screenplay for: Hero (2002). Shared with: Bin Wang Feng Li |
| Hundred Flowers Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | Hundred Flowers Award |
Best Actor for: Lao jing (1986). |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). China/Hong Kong. |
| 1993 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). China/Hong Kong/Taiwan. |
| Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Golden Butterfly |
Best Film for: Not One Less (1999). |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Road Home (2000). |
| 2001 | Won | Kinema Junpo Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Director for: Not One Less (1999) and The Road Home (2000). |
| Ljubljana International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Audience Award |
for:
The Road Home (2000). |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Director of the Year for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Foreign Film for: House of Flying Daggers (2004). China/Hong Kong. |
| 1992 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). |
| Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Master of Cinema |
|
| Montréal World Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Won | Grand Prix Special des Amériques |
On the occasion of the centennial of cinema, for his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Won | Freedom of Expression Award |
|
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Director for: Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Director for: Hero (2002). |
| Oslo Films from the South Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Films from the South Award |
Best Feature for: Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010). |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | International Filmmaker Award |
|
| Pusan International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Hand Printing |
Shared with: Jeong-sun Hwang Hyun Mok Yoo |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Robert |
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) for: Hero (2002). |
| Shanghai Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Shanghai Film Critics Award |
Best Director for: Not One Less (1999). |
| Sundance Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Audience Award |
World Cinema for: The Road Home (2000). |
| São Paulo International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Feature for: Not One Less (1999). |
| Tokyo International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | Best Actor Award |
for:
Lao jing (1986). |
| Turia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Turia Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Raise the Red Lantern (1991). |
| Udine Far East Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | 2nd place | Audience Award |
for:
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010). |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
for:
Happy Times (2000). For its powerful appeal to preserve the human hopes for happiness, made in a humorous-drama style. |
| Silver Spike |
for:
Happy Times (2000). Unanimously. |
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| Nominated | Golden Spike |
for:
Happy Times (2000). |
|
| 1990 | Won | Golden Spike |
for:
Ju Dou (1990). |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Most Popular Film |
for:
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). Tied with Strictly Ballroom (1992). |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Golden Lion |
for:
Not One Less (1999). |
| Laterna Magica Prize |
for:
Not One Less (1999). |
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| Sergio Trasatti Award |
for:
Not One Less (1999). |
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| UNICEF Award |
for:
Not One Less (1999). |
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| 1997 | Nominated | Golden Lion |
for:
Keep Cool (1997). |
| 1992 | Won | Golden Lion |
for:
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). |
| OCIC Award - Honorable Mention |
for:
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). |
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| UNICEF Award |
for:
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992). |
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| 1991 | Won | Elvira Notari Prize |
for:
Raise the Red Lantern (1991). |
| Silver Lion |
for:
Raise the Red Lantern (1991). Tied with The Fisher King (1991) and J'entends plus la guitare (1991). |
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| Nominated | Golden Lion |
for:
Raise the Red Lantern (1991). |
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