1987 Red Sorghum Awards: Golden Bear award at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival.
1989 Ju Dou Oscar Nomination
1989 Operation Cougar
1991 Raise The Red Lantern Awards: Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1991, Best Foreign Film in
1991 at the New York Film Critics Circle. Also in 1991, Best Cinematography at the LA Film Critics Association in 1991.
1992 The Story of Qiu Ju Awards: Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1992 (Gong Li)
1994 To Live Awards: the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival
1995 Shanghai Triad Awards: Golden Palm nomination from the Cannes Film Festival (1995), nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography(1996), Los Angeles Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Cinematography (1995), nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film(1995).
1997 Keep Cool Awards: Grand Prix du Jury at Cannes and Best Actor (Ge You).
1987 The Old Well Awards: best actor, Tokyo Film Festival
1990 The Terra-Cotta Warrior
1983 Red Elephant
1984 Yellow Earth
1984 One and the Eight
1985 Yi Ge Yu Ba Ge
1986 Da Yue Bing
1987 The Old Well
