5. Allen Fong Yuk-ping

Director Allen Fong Yuk-ping's movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s have had little influence in the mainland but the three-time winner has been a favorite of Hong Kong Film Awards jurors. His neorealist style of Italian filmmaking in which he tells personal or real-life stories is a unique contrast to standard Hong Kong films.

Best Director, Best Film, "Father and Son," 1982
Best Film, "Ah Ying," 1984
Best Film, "Just Like the Weather," 1987