
Person
Tsai Ming-liang
Directing · Born 1957-10-27 · 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.
Known for

Golden Horse Awards
Self

The Hole
Screenplay

Night Journey
Screenplay

Three Piglets
Self

The Skywalk Is Gone
Director

The Deserted
Director

Vive L'Amour
Director

To Each His Own Cinema
Director

Spring Daddy
Writer
Parola (su una data)
2003
Filmography
- 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaSelf
- 2025Night JourneyScreenplay
- 2025Back HomeDirector
- 2025The Ozu DiariesSelf
- 2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - Filmmaker
- 2024Abiding NowhereDirector
- 2024Xining Public HousingDirector
- 2023YilanDirector
- 2023Strolling AroundDirector
- 2022Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
- 2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
- 2022WhereDirector
- 2022The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-LiangTsai Ming-liang
- 2022MotherPresenter
- 2021Wandering
- 2021The Moon and the TreeDirector
- 2021The NightDirector
- 2021DaysDirector
- 2019Three PigletsSelf
- 2018LightDirector
- 2018Your FaceSelf
- 2018SandScreenplay
- 2018The DesertedDirector
- 2018WiaraSelf
- 2016Single BeliefProducer
- 2016One & ZeroDirector
- 2016Autumn DaysDirector
- 2015AfternoonSelf
- 2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelf
- 2015No No SleepDirector
- 2015Beautiful 2015Director
- 2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf
- 2014Journey to the WestDirector
- 2014Stray DogsDirector
- 2013Letters from the SouthDirector
- 2013Past PresentSelf
- 2012WalkerDirector
- 2012Diamond SutraDirector
- 2012SleepwalkWriter
- 2012No FormDirector
- 2012Beautiful 2012Director
- 2012TransformationDirector
- 2009Taipei 24H
- 2009Visage
- 2009Madame ButterflyDirector of Photography
- 2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the WaterSelf as the film director of Visage
- 2009RemembranceClient
- 2008Sleeping on Dark Waters
- 2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
- 2007Help Me, ErosArt Direction
- 2007It's a DreamDirector
- 2006I Don't Want to Sleep AloneDirector of Photography
- 2005The Wayward CloudWriter
- 2004AquariumDirector
- 2004Welcome to São PauloDirector
- 2004My Stinking KidDirector
- 2003The MissingExecutive Producer
- 2003Goodbye, Dragon InnWriter
- 2003Moonlight in the RiverNarrator
- 2003Parola (su una data)
- 2002Our Time, Our StorySelf
- 2002The Skywalk Is GoneDirector
- 2002Looking for TsaiHimself
- 2001Léaud l'uniqueSelf - filmmaker
- 2001What Time Is It There?Director
- 2001A Conversation with GodDirector
- 1999The HoleScreenplay
- 1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelf
- 1997The RiverScreenplay
- 1995Vive L'AmourDirector
- 1995My New FriendsHimself
- 1994Rebels of the Neon GodDirector
- 1991BoysDirector
- 1991Give Me a HomeDirector
- 1990Li-hsiang’s Love LineDirector
- 1989All the Corners of the WorldDirector
- 1987The Game They Call SexWriter
- 1985Run AwayWriter
- 1985Spring DaddyWriter
- 1984Teenage FugitiveScreenplay
- 1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf
- —seascapeHimself
- —Stray Dogs at the MuseumProducer
- —DustDirector
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