Tsai Ming-liang
- Born
- October 27, 1957 (68 years old)
- Place of birth
- Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Biography
Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 11 feature films and has also directed many short films, television films, documentaries and art installations. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.
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Known for
Filmography
- —Stray Dogs at the MuseumFilm · Producer
- 2026DustFilm · Director
- 2025Night JourneyFilm · Screenplay, Editor, Director
- 2025Back HomeFilm · Director
- 2024Abiding NowhereFilm · Director
- 2024Xining Public HousingFilm · Director
- 2023YilanFilm · Director
- 2023Strolling AroundFilm · Director
- 2022WhereFilm · Director
- 2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?Film · Director, Director of Photography
- 2022MotherSeries · Presenter
- 2021WanderingFilm · Director
- 2021The Moon and the TreeFilm · Director
- 2021The NightFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography★ 5.9
- 2021DaysFilm · Director, Writer, Executive Producer★ 6.3
- 2018LightFilm · Director
- 2018Your FaceFilm · Director, Producer
- 2018SandFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2018The DesertedFilm · Director
- 2016Single BeliefFilm · Producer
- 2016Autumn DaysFilm · Director
- 2015AfternoonFilm · Director
- 2015No No SleepFilm · Director
- 2015Beautiful 2015Film · Director
- 2014Journey to the WestFilm · Director, Adaptation★ 6.3
- 2014Stray DogsFilm · Director, Writer, Art Direction★ 6.3
- 2013Letters from the SouthFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2012WalkerFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography★ 6.2
- 2012Diamond SutraFilm · Director, Writer
- 2012SleepwalkFilm · Director, Writer
- 2012No FormFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2012Beautiful 2012Film · Director
- 2012TransformationFilm · Director
- 2009VisageFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Writer★ 5.5
- 2009Madame ButterflyFilm · Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Cinematography
- 2008Sleeping on Dark WatersFilm · Director
- 2007To Each His Own CinemaFilm · Director★ 6.4
- 2007Help Me, ErosFilm · Art Direction, Producer★ 5.7
- 2007It's a DreamFilm · Director, Writer
- 2006I Don't Want to Sleep AloneFilm · Director, Director of Photography, Writer★ 6.6
- 2005The Wayward CloudFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.0
- 2004AquariumFilm · Director
- 2004Welcome to São PauloFilm · Director
- 2004My Stinking KidFilm · Director
- 2003The MissingFilm · Executive Producer
- 2003Goodbye, Dragon InnFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.8
- 2003The Skywalk Is GoneFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 5.9
- 2003Moonlight in the RiverFilm · Director
- 2001What Time Is It There?Film · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2001The Moon is GoneThe Moon is GoneFilm · Director
- 2001A Conversation with GodFilm · Director
- 1998The HoleFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 1997The RiverFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.8
- 1995My New FriendsFilm · Director
- 1994Vive L'AmourFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.2
- 1994Rebels of the Neon GodFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.3
- 1991BoysFilm · Director, Writer
- 1991Give Me a HomeFilm · Director, Writer
- 1990Li-hsiang’s Love LineFilm · Director, Writer
- 1989All the Corners of the WorldFilm · Director, Writer
- 1987The Game They Call SexFilm · Writer
- 1985Run AwayFilm · Writer
- 1985Spring DaddyFilm · Writer
- 1984Teenage FugitiveFilm · Screenplay
