Ann Hui
Ann Hui On-wah, BBS MBE is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter and actress and one of the Hong Kong New Wave’s most critically acclaimed filmmakers. She is best known for her films about Hong Kong social issues in Hong Kong, with films ranging from literary adaptation, martial arts masterpieces and thrillers to topics of semi-autobiographical works, female issues, social phenomena, and political changes. She served as president of the Hong Kong Film Director’s Guild from 2004 to 2006.
Hui has won many awards for her films, including three Golden Horse Awards (GHA) for Best Director (1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival; and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards six times (1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018).
Only two films have ever earned a Grand Slam (winning best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best actress) at the Hong Kong Film Awards: Summer Snow and A Simple Life, both of which were directed by Ann Hui. She was honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film Awards, and in 2017, the US’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) invited Hui to become a member.