Tsai Ming-liang

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Tsai Ming-liang

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1957-10-27 (68)

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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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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Run Away poster

Run Away(1984)

Writer

Teenage Fugitive poster

Teenage Fugitive(1984)

Screenplay

Spring Daddy poster

Spring Daddy(1985)

Writer

The Game They Call Sex poster

The Game They Call Sex(1987)

Writer

All the Corners of the World poster

All the Corners of the World(1989)

Writer, Director

Li-hsiang’s Love Line poster

Li-hsiang’s Love Line(1990)

Director, Writer

Boys poster

Boys(1991)

Director, Writer

Give Me a Home poster

Give Me a Home(1991)

Director, Writer

Rebels of the Neon God poster

Rebels of the Neon God(1994)

Director, Screenplay

Vive L'Amour poster

Vive L'Amour(1995)

Director, Screenplay

The River poster

The River(1997)

Screenplay, Director

The Hole poster

The Hole(1999)

Screenplay, Director

What Time Is It There? poster

What Time Is It There?(2001)

Director, Screenplay

A Conversation with God poster

A Conversation with God(2001)

Director

The Skywalk Is Gone poster

The Skywalk Is Gone(2002)

Director, Screenplay

Goodbye, Dragon Inn poster

Goodbye, Dragon Inn(2003)

Writer, Director

The Missing poster

The Missing(2003)

Executive Producer

Moonlight in the River poster

Moonlight in the River(2003)

Narrator

Director

Welcome to São Paulo poster

Welcome to São Paulo(2004)

Director

My Stinking Kid poster

My Stinking Kid(2004)

Director

Aquarium poster

Aquarium(2004)

Director

The Wayward Cloud poster

The Wayward Cloud(2005)

Director, Writer

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone poster

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone(2006)

Director, Director of Photography, Writer

To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema(2007)

Director

Help Me, Eros poster

Help Me, Eros(2007)

Art Direction, Producer

It's a Dream poster

It's a Dream(2007)

Director, Writer

Madame Butterfly poster

Madame Butterfly(2009)

Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Cinematography

Beautiful 2012 poster

Beautiful 2012(2012)

Director

Walker poster

Walker(2012)

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

No Form poster

No Form(2012)

Director, Screenplay

Sleepwalk poster

Sleepwalk(2012)

Director, Writer

Diamond Sutra poster

Diamond Sutra(2012)

Writer, Director

Transformation poster

Transformation(2012)

Director

Letters from the South poster

Letters from the South(2013)

Director, Screenplay

Stray Dogs poster

Stray Dogs(2014)

Director, Writer, Art Direction

Journey to the West poster

Journey to the West(2014)

Director, Adaptation

No No Sleep poster

No No Sleep(2015)

Director

Beautiful 2015 poster

Beautiful 2015(2015)

Director

Autumn Days poster

Autumn Days(2016)

Director

Single Belief poster

Single Belief(2016)

Producer

One & Zero poster

One & Zero(2016)

Director

The Deserted poster

The Deserted(2018)

Director

Sand poster

Sand(2018)

Screenplay, Director

Light poster

Light(2018)

Director

Days poster

Days(2021)

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

The Night poster

The Night(2021)

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

The Moon and the Tree poster

The Moon and the Tree(2021)

Director

Mother poster

Mother(2022)

Presenter

Where poster

Where(2022)

Director

Yilan poster

Yilan(2023)

Director

Strolling Around poster

Strolling Around(2023)

Director

Abiding Nowhere poster

Abiding Nowhere(2024)

Director

Xining Public Housing poster

Xining Public Housing(2024)

Director

Back Home poster

Back Home(2025)

Director

Night Journey poster

Night Journey(2025)

Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Director

Stray Dogs at the Museum poster

Stray Dogs at the Museum

Producer