Kaige Chen Biography

Awards

• 1985Sutherland Trophy-: winner
• 1985East-West Center Award-Best Narrative: winner
• 1985Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
• 1985Silver Leopard-: winner
• 1985Golden Leopard-Best Film: nominated
• 1985Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
• 1987Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 1987Huabiao Film Award-Best Directorial Debut of the Decade: winner
• 1987Grand Prix Special des Amériques-: nominated
• 1987Jury Prize-: winner
• 1987Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
• 1987Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: winner
• 1988Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1988Golden Rooster-Special Jury Award: winner
• 1988Golden Rooster-Best Film: nominated
• 1991Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1992Golden Tulip-: winner
• 1992Silver Screen Award-Best Asian Feature Film: winner
• 1993APFF Award-Best Director: winner
• 1993FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 1993Palme d'Or-: winner
• 1993LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 1994Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 1994BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
• 1994Blue Dragon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
• 1994César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 1994Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 1994Japan Movie Critics Award-Best Film-Foreign: winner
• 1994Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 1994Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 1994Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
• 1995Mainichi Film Concours-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
• 1996Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1999Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 1999Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2002Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2002Golden Rooster-Best Director: winner
• 2002Golden Rooster-Best Film: nominated
• 2002Golden Seashell-: nominated
• 2002Silver Seashell-Best Director: winner
• 2003Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2003China Film Media Award-Best Director - Mainland China: nominated
• 2003Audience Award-Best International Feature Film: winner
• 2003Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Film: winner
• 2003Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Director: nominated
• 2003Grand Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2003FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention-: winner
• 2003Audience Award-: winner
• 2005Shanghai Film Critics Award-Top 22 Film of Chinese Cinema: winner
• 2005Shanghai Film Critics Award-Top 22 Film of Chinese Cinema: winner
• 2007Orient Express Section Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2009NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2009NETPAC Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2009Jury Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2009Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
• 2009Golden Rooster-Best Film: winner
• 2009Golden Rooster-Best Director: nominated
• 2009Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Film: winner
• 2009Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Director: winner
• 2011NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2011Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Film: winner
• 2013China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2013China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2013Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Film: winner
• 2013Huading Award-Best Directing for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2013WGC Award-Outstanding Screenplay: winner
• 2018Asian Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018NETPAC Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2018Jury Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2018China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018China Film Media Award-Best Director: winner
• 2018Chinese Film Competition-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Chinese Film Competition-Best Film: nominated
• 2018Students' Choice Award-Favorite Director: nominated
• 2018Students' Choice Award-Favorite Screenplay: nominated
• 2018Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Film: nominated
• 2018Huading Award-Best Directing for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2018Golden Lotus Awards-Best Director: nominated
• 2019China Film Critics Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2019China Film Critics Award-Top Ten Films: winner
• 2019Jury Award-Filmmaker of the Year: winner
• 2020Tiantan Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2020Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2020China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2020China Film Directors' Guild Award-Special Jury Award: winner
• 2020China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Golden Rooster-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Golden Rooster-Best Film: nominated
• 2020Students' Choice Award-Favorite Director: nominated
• 2020Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Director: winner
• 2020Huading Award-Best Directing for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2020Hundred Flowers Award-Best Film: winner
• 2020Hundred Flowers Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Film of Merit-Top Ten Films: winner
• 2021Golden Deer-Best Director: nominated
• 2021China Film Critics Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2021Golden Lotus Awards-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2022China Movie Channel Award-Most Popular Director: nominated
• 2022Golden Rooster-Best Director: winner
• 2022Students' Choice Award-Favorite Director: nominated
• 2022Huabiao Film Award-Outstanding Director: winner
• 2022Huading Award-Best Directing for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2022Jin Li hua Award-Best Director for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2022Hundred Flowers Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Golden Lotus Awards-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2024M Ranking-Director of the Year: winner
• 2024China Movie Channel Award-Most Popular Director: nominated
• 2024Golden Crane Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Golden Rooster-Best Director: winner
• 2024Golden Rooster-Special Jury Award: winner
• 2024Students' Choice Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Students' Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Chunyan Award-Best Director: nominated