Director of Growing Up, Ch'en K'un-ho, won this year's best director. He started as a cinematographer and won best cinematography at the Fifteenth Golden Horse Awards.
以「小畢的故事」登上今年最佳導演寶座的陳坤厚，是沒有外國學歷頭銜的「土產」導演，當年在中影從攝影學徒幹起，曾在第十五屆以「汪洋中的一條船」贏得最佳攝影金馬獎。