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
- Dust ... (Director)
2025
- The Ozu Diaries as Self
- Night Journey ... (Screenplay)
- Back Home ... (Director)
2024
- Abiding Nowhere ... (Director)
- Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Filmmaker
- Xining Public Housing ... (Director)
2023
- Yilan ... (Director)
- Strolling Around ... (Director)
2022
- Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
- Mother ... (Presenter)
- Where ... (Director)
- The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang as Tsai Ming-liang
- Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2021
- Days ... (Director)
- Wandering
- The Night ... (Director)
- The Moon and the Tree ... (Director)
2019
- Three Piglets as Self
2018
- The Deserted ... (Director)
- Sand ... (Screenplay)
- Your Face as Self
- Wiara as Self
- Light ... (Director)
2016
- Single Belief ... (Producer)
- One & Zero ... (Director)
- Autumn Days ... (Director)
2015
- French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
- No No Sleep ... (Director)
- Afternoon as Self
- Beautiful 2015 ... (Director)
2014
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- Stray Dogs ... (Director)
- Journey to the West ... (Director)
2013
- Past Present as Self
- Letters from the South ... (Director)
2012
- Beautiful 2012 ... (Director)
- No Form ... (Director)
- Sleepwalk ... (Writer)
- Walker ... (Director)
- Transformation ... (Director)
- Diamond Sutra ... (Director)
2009
- Visage
- Madame Butterfly ... (Director of Photography)
- Taipei 24H
- Remembrance as Client
- Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water as Self as the film director of Visage
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 of Photography)
2005
- The Wayward Cloud ... (Writer)
2004
- Welcome to São Paulo ... (Director)
- Aquarium ... (Director)
- My Stinking Kid ... (Director)
2003
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn ... (Writer)
- Parola (su una data)
- The Missing ... (Executive Producer)
- Moonlight in the River as Narrator
2002
- The Skywalk Is Gone ... (Director)
- Our Time, Our Story as Self
- Looking for Tsai as Himself
2001
- What Time Is It There? ... (Director)
- Léaud l'unique as Self - filmmaker
- A Conversation with God ... (Director)
1999
- The Hole ... (Screenplay)
1998
1997
- The River ... (Screenplay)
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)
- Run Away ... (Writer)
1984
- Teenage Fugitive ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self