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Past Honorees

2024 - Entertainment Game Changers

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Lee Sung Jin

Writer, Creator, Director, and Executive Producer of BEEF
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Anderson .Paak

Producer, Songwriter, Artist, and Director
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Rina Sawayama

Musician and Actor
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Warrior

The Cast and Crew of Warrior
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Kenji Yamada

Producer and Chief Manager – Planning and Production, TOHO
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Takashi Yamazaki

Filmmaker and Visual Effects Supervisor

2022 - Entertainment Game Changers

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Ms. Marvel

The creative talent behind Marvel Studios' Disney+ series
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Park Chan-wook

Director, Screenwriter, Producer
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88rising

Hybrid record label, management and marketing company
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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Directors the Daniels and Producer Jonathan Wang

2022 - Entertainment Game Changers Comedy Spotlight

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Jimmy O. Yang

Actor, Comic, Writer, Producer
Bowen Yang Headshot

Bowen Yang

Comedian, Writer, Actor
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Sherry Cola

Comic, Actor, Writer

2022 - Career Achievement Award

2021 - Entertainment Game Changers

Bela Bajaria

Bela Bajaria

Head of Global TV, Netflix
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Destin Daniel Cretton

Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Actor

2021 - Philanthropist Spotlight

Mark Amin

Mark Amin

Founder and CEO, Sobini Films
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Ashok and Chitra Amritraj

Hyde Park Entertainment Group
Julia Gouw

Julia S. Gouw

Philanthropist; Chairwoman, Piermont Bank
Peter Lam

Peter Lam

Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
George Takei

George Takei

Actor, Author, Civil RIghts Activist, Influencer
Karen Wong

Karen Wong

Founder/Chairwoman, Robert Chinn Foundation
Founder/President, Asian Hall of Fame

2020

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Lang Lang

Chinese Pianist

2019

Wei ZHANG

Wei Zhang

President, Alibaba Pictures
The Rain

Jung Ji-hoon (aka The Rain)

Korean Actor, Singer-Songwriter, and Music Producer
Bob Weis

Bob Weis

President, The Walt Disney Imagineering
WANG Leehom

WANG Leehom

Chinese-American Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Actor, and Film Director

2018

Xu Zheng

Xu Zheng

2018 Entertainment Pioneer Award
Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

2018 Artistic Visionary Award
Elizabeth Daley

Elizabeth Daley

2018 Education Pioneer Award
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Kevin Tsujihara

2018 Visionary Leadership Award

2017

Zhang Yang

2017 U.S.-China Film Summit Honoree

Dawn Hudson

2017 U.S.-China Arts Visionary Award

Yu Dong

2017 U.S.-China Film Industry Leadership Award

Feng Xiaogang

2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

2016

Cao Baoping

Cao Baoping

2016 U.S.-China Film Summit Honoree
James Wang

James Wang

2016 U.S.-China Film Industry Leadership Award
Melissa Cobb

Melissa Cobb

2016 U.S.-China Film Collaboration Award
Lu Chuan

Lu Chuan

2016 U.S.-China Film Talent Award

2015

Hou Guangming

Hou Guangming

Film Summit Honoree – Film Education Legacy Award
Zhang Zhao

Zhang Zhao

U.S.-China Film Industry Leadership Award
Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Lifetime Achievement Award

2014

Tong Dawei

Tong Dawei

2014 Film Ensemble of the Year
Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming

2014 Film Ensemble of the Year
Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei

2014 Film Ensemble of the Year
Jeff Robinov

Jeff Robinov

2014 Film Partnership of the Year
Jingyan Huang

Jingyan Huang

2014 Film Partnership of the Year

2013

Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing

2013 East-West Talent Award
Christopher Dodd

Christopher Dodd

2013 Asia Pacific Visionary Award

2012

Han Sanping

Han Sanping

2012 China Entertainment Visionary of the Year
Lewis Coleman

Lewis Coleman

2012 U.S. Entertainment Visionary of the Year