Chung received the
Golden Horse Award for Best Director for his film
The Fourth Portrait in 2010 at the
47th Golden Horse Awards. His film
Soul was selected as the Taiwanese entry for
Best Foreign Language Film at the
86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. He won
Best Director and
Best Narrative Feature at the
56th Golden Horse Awards for his film
A Sun in 2019. In June 2025, Chung was invited to join the Directors Branch of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" in
Parking after he took over the role of cinematographer following the previous one "abruptly quitting". He continued to use the name to credit himself separately as the director or photography in all the films he directed up to
The Falls, where he credited himself in the role using his actual name. ==Filmography==