BUSAN, Aug. 6 -- Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is adding yet another glittering career honour to her already groaning trophy shelf.

The Busan International Film Festival has named the Oscar winner its Asian Filmmaker of the Year.

Yeoh will receive the honour at the festival's opening ceremony on October 6 at the Busan Cinema Center.

The prize has been handed out every year since 2003 to celebrate exceptional contributions to Asian cinema.

Yeoh has more than earned it across four decades of boundary-breaking work.

She first exploded onto the scene in Hong Kong martial arts classics like Yes, Madam!, Police Story 3: Supercop and Wing Chun.

Those roles helped rewrite the rules for women in action movies before she went fully global with Tomorr...