In 2003, Chan won a Taiwanese Golden Horse award for Best Director for Perhaps Love. He went on to direct The Warlords, and is now producing Bodyguards and Assassins, which is slated for release at the end of this year.
後來因有片商想拍歌舞片，他才真正進入大陸拍片，2003 年以《如果愛》得到台灣金馬獎最佳導演；之後又完成《投名狀》，而監製的新片《十月圍城》也將在年底上映。