The film A Simple Life won five of its major nominations (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress). Deanie Ip became the oldest Best Actress Award-winner in the history of Hong Kong Film Awards. Ann Hui has now won four Best Director Awards, the most in awards history.
Let the Bullets Fly directed by Jiang Wen and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate directed by Tsui Hark dominated the nominations in 13 categories, including Best Film and Best Director. Individually, Jiang Wen got nominated in four categories (director, actor, screenplay, film editing).
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[2][3][4][5]
He has written over 300 scripts including One-Armed Swordsman and Fist of Fury. His achievements of the field of screenwriting are extraordinary. Thus, his driving force for the development of Hong Kong film industry is important.
Professional Achievement Award
Name
Gender
Occupation(s)
Reason
Fong Ho Yuen
Male
stills cinematographer
He has worked for over 80 films in about 40 years. He is a very dedicated person and his spirit should be learnt by other people.
a^ : Although Wu Xia receives 12 nominations, the categories it gets nominated are of acting or technical skills.
b^ : A Simple Life gets nominated in all major categories (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, cinematography).
c^^^^^ : The tagged films are from mainland China or Taiwan so they can compete for only 1 award (Best Film of Mainland and Taiwan).
