- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tsai Ming-liang
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
movieMr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
movieNight Journey
2025 · Screenplay, Editor, Director
movieBack Home
2025 · Director
movieThe Ozu Diaries
2025 · Self
movieJean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024 · Self - Filmmaker
movieAbiding Nowhere
2024 · Director
movieXining Public Housing
2024 · Director
movieYilan
2023 · Director
movieStrolling Around
2023 · Director
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
movieMaking-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
2022
movieWhere Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022 · , Cinematography, Director
movieWhere
2022 · Director
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
movieThe Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
2022 · Tsai Ming-liang
tvMother
2022 · Presenter
movieWandering
2021 · , Director
movieThe Moon and the Tree
2021 · Director
movieThe Night
2021 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieDays
2021 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
tvThree Piglets
2019 · Self
movieLight
2018 · Director
movieYour Face
2018 · Self, Director, Producer
movieSand
2018 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Deserted
2018 · Director
movieWiara
2018 · Self
movieSingle Belief
2016 · Producer
movieOne & Zero
2016 · Director
movieAutumn Days
2016 · Director
movieAfternoon
2015 · Self, Director
movieFrench Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Self
movieNo No Sleep
2015 · Director
movieBeautiful 2015
2015 · Director
movieFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
movieJourney to the West
2014 · Director, Adaptation
movieStray Dogs
2014 · Director, Writer, Art Direction
movieLetters from the South
2013 · Director, Screenplay
moviePast Present
2013 · Self
movieWalker
2012 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieDiamond Sutra
2012 · Writer, Director
movieSleepwalk
2012 · Director, Writer
movieNo Form
2012 · Director, Screenplay
movieBeautiful 2012
2012 · Director
movieTransformation
2012 · Director
movieTaipei 24H
2009
movieVisage
2009 · , Screenplay, Director, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
movieMadame Butterfly
2009 · Director of Photography, Writer, Cinematography
movieFlowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009 · Self as the film director of Visage
Remembrance
movieRemembrance
2009 · Client
movieSleeping on Dark Waters
2008 · , Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director
movieHelp Me, Eros
2007 · Art Direction, Producer
movieIt's a Dream
2007 · Director, Writer
movieI Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer
movieThe Wayward Cloud
2005 · Director, Writer
movieAquarium
2004 · Director
movieWelcome to São Paulo
2004 · Director
movieMy Stinking Kid
2004 · Director
movieThe Missing
2003 · Executive Producer
movieGoodbye, Dragon Inn
2003 · Writer, Director
movieMoonlight in the River
2003 · Narrator, Director
Parola (su una data)
tvParola (su una data)
2003
movieOur Time, Our Story
2002 · Self
movieThe Skywalk Is Gone
2002 · Director, Screenplay
movieLooking for Tsai
2002 · Himself
movieLéaud l'unique
2001 · Self - filmmaker
movieWhat Time Is It There?
2001 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Conversation with God
2001 · Director
movieThe Hole
1999 · Screenplay, Director
movieYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 · Self
movieThe River
1997 · Screenplay, Director
movieVive L'Amour
1995 · Director, Screenplay
movieMy New Friends
1995 · Himself, Director
movieRebels of the Neon God
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieBoys
1991 · Director, Writer
movieGive Me a Home
1991 · Director, Writer
movieLi-hsiang’s Love Line
1990 · Director, Writer
movieAll the Corners of the World
1989 · Writer, Director
movieThe Game They Call Sex
1987 · Writer
movieSpring Daddy
1985 · Writer
movieRun Away
1984 · Writer
movieTeenage Fugitive
1984 · Screenplay
tvGolden Horse Awards
1962 · Self
movieseascape
— · Himself
movieStray Dogs at the Museum
— · Producer