Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang

Known for

Directing

Born

October 27, 1957 (age 68)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
Vive L'Amour
Vive L'Amour
1994
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Rebels of the Neon God
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
The Wayward Cloud
The Wayward Cloud
2005
What Time Is It There?
What Time Is It There?
2001
The Hole
The Hole
1998
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs
2014
The River
The River
1997
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006

Filmography

  1. TBA

    seascape

    as Himself

  2. TBA

  3. 2026

    Dust

    Director

  4. 2026

  5. 2025

    Night Journey

    Screenplay, Editor, Director

  6. 2025

    Back Home

    Director

  7. 2025

  8. 2024

  9. 2024

  10. 2024

  11. 2023

    Yilan

    Director

  12. 2023

  13. 2022

  14. 2022

    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    Cinematography, Director

  15. 2022

    Where

    Director

  16. 2022

  17. 2022

    MotherTV

    Presenter

  18. 2021

    Wandering

    Director

  19. 2021

  20. 2021

    The Night

    Director, Writer, Director of Photography

  21. 2021

    Days

    Director, Writer, Executive Producer

  22. 2019

    Three PigletsTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  23. 2018

    Light

    Director

  24. 2018

    Your Face

    as Self, Director, Producer

  25. 2018

    Sand

    Screenplay, Director

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