(XINHUA)

Chinese Director Gao Qunshu won the Best Director Award for his film Detective Hunter Zhang at the 10th Chinese Film Media Awards on August 18. The movie also won the Best Film Award at the 49th Golden Horse Awards in Yilan, Taiwan.

Gao, 47, reaped fame for directing TV crime dramas. He then turned to movie directing, with the recent films Tokyo Trial (2006), The Message (2009) and Beijing Blues (2012), gaining favorable receptions.