Xu Anhua

Ann Hui On-Wah, BBS, MBE (English: Ann Hui On-Wah, May 23, 1947 -), Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Anshan, Liaoning, he is a representative figure of the new wave of Hong Kong films. He studied under King Wu, and his film works cover many different fields, including literary adaptations, martial arts masterpieces, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and even thriller films. He has won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director six times (1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018), and is the record holder for the Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Xu Anhua has won the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Director three times (1999, 2011 and 2014), and is one of the four people with the most Golden Horse Awards for Best Director (the other three are Li Xing, Johnnie To and Hou Hsiao-hsien). Former president of the Hong Kong Directors Guild. In 2011, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian Film Awards. In 2016, he was invited to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. In June 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Ann Hui would become a member of the Oscar jury. In 2020, she won the "Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement" awarded by the 77th Venice Film Festival, becoming the first female director in the world to win this award. In 2022, he was invited again to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 59th Golden Horse Awards. In 2024, he was invited to serve as a judge for the 74th Berlin Film Festival. There have been only two Grand Slam works in the Hong Kong Film Awards so far (i.e. one film won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor and Best Actress at the same time) and both were produced by Hui Anhua. They were the 15th "Female 40" and the 31st "Sister Tao".