Tsai Ming-liang
Born: 1957-10-27 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
2025
- Night Journey ... (Screenplay)
- The Ozu Diaries as Self
- Back Home ... (Director)
2024
- Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Filmmaker
- Abiding Nowhere ... (Director)
- Xining Public Housing ... (Director)
2023
- Yilan ... (Director)
- Strolling Around ... (Director)
2022
- Mother ... (Presenter)
- Where ... (Director)
- Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
- Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
- The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang as Tsai Ming-liang
2021
- Days ... (Director)
- The Moon and the Tree ... (Director)
- Wandering
- The Night ... (Director)
2019
- Three Piglets as Self
2018
- Your Face as Self
- Wiara as Self
- Sand ... (Screenplay)
- The Deserted ... (Director)
- Light ... (Director)
2016
- Autumn Days ... (Director)
- Single Belief ... (Producer)
- One & Zero ... (Director)
2015
- No No Sleep ... (Director)
- Beautiful 2015 ... (Director)
- French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
- Afternoon as Self
2014
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- Journey to the West ... (Director)
- Stray Dogs ... (Director)
2013
- Past Present as Self
- Letters from the South ... (Director)
2012
- Walker ... (Director)
- Beautiful 2012 ... (Director)
- Diamond Sutra ... (Director)
- Sleepwalk ... (Director)
- No Form ... (Director)
- Transformation ... (Director)
2009
- Visage
- Taipei 24H
- Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water as Self as the film director of Visage
- Madame Butterfly ... (Director of Photography)
- Remembrance as Client
2007
- To Each His Own Cinema ... (Director)
- Help Me, Eros ... (Art Direction)
- It's a Dream ... (Director)
2006
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone ... (Director)
2005
- The Wayward Cloud ... (Director)
2004
- My Stinking Kid ... (Director)
- Welcome to São Paulo ... (Director)
- Aquarium ... (Director)
2003
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn ... (Director)
- The Missing ... (Executive Producer)
- Parola (su una data)
- Moonlight in the River as Narrator
2002
- Our Time, Our Story as Self
- The Skywalk Is Gone ... (Director)
- Looking for Tsai as Himself
2001
- What Time Is It There? ... (Director)
- A Conversation with God ... (Director)
1999
- The Hole ... (Director)
1998
1997
- The River ... (Director)
1995
- Vive L'Amour ... (Director)
- My New Friends as Himself
1994
- Rebels of the Neon God ... (Director)
1991
- Boys ... (Director)
- Give Me a Home ... (Director)
1990
- Li-hsiang’s Love Line ... (Director)
1989
- All the Corners of the World ... (Director)
1987
- The Game They Call Sex ... (Writer)
1985
- Spring Daddy ... (Writer)
1984
- Teenage Fugitive ... (Screenplay)
- Run Away ... (Writer)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self