Tsai Ming-liang
Known for directing · Born 27 October 1957 · 68 · Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
92 credits
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
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
Vive L'Amour
1994
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
The Wayward Cloud
2005
What Time Is It There?
2001
Stray Dogs
2014
The Hole
1998
The River
1997
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
Days
2021
The Skywalk Is Gone
2003
Acting (28)
2026Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaSelfFilm
2025The Ozu DiariesSelfFilm
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - FilmmakerFilm
2022The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-LiangTsai Ming-liangFilm
2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?Film
2022Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre PompidouFilm
2021WanderingFilm
2019Three PigletsSelfSeries
2018Your FaceSelfFilm
2018WiaraSelfFilm
2015AfternoonSelfFilm
2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelfFilm
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelfFilm
2013Past PresentSelfFilm
2009VisageFilm
2009Taipei 24HFilm
2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the WaterSelf as the film director of VisageFilm
2009RemembranceClientFilm
2008Sleeping on Dark WatersFilm
2003Moonlight in the RiverNarratorFilm
2003Parola (su una data)Series
2002Our Time, Our StorySelfFilm
2002Looking for TsaiHimselfFilm
2001Léaud l'uniqueSelf - filmmakerFilm
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelfFilm
1995My New FriendsHimselfFilm
1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
—seascapeHimselfFilm
Art (1)
2007Help Me, ErosArt Direction, ProducerFilm
Camera (1)
2009Madame ButterflyDirector of Photography, Writer, CinematographyFilm
Crew (2)
2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?Cinematography, DirectorFilm
2022MotherPresenterSeries
Directing (51)
2026DustDirectorFilm
2025Back HomeDirectorFilm
2024Abiding NowhereDirectorFilm
2024Xining Public HousingDirectorFilm
2023YilanDirectorFilm
2023Strolling AroundDirectorFilm
2022WhereDirectorFilm
2021DaysDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
2021The NightDirector, Writer, Director of PhotographyFilm
2021WanderingDirectorFilm
2021The Moon and the TreeDirectorFilm
2018Your FaceDirector, ProducerFilm
2018LightDirectorFilm
2018The DesertedDirectorFilm
2016Autumn DaysDirectorFilm
2015No No SleepDirectorFilm
2015AfternoonDirectorFilm
2015Beautiful 2015DirectorFilm
2014Stray DogsDirector, Writer, Art DirectionFilm
2014Journey to the WestDirector, AdaptationFilm
2013Letters from the SouthDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2012WalkerDirector, Writer, Director of PhotographyFilm
2012Beautiful 2012DirectorFilm
2012TransformationDirectorFilm
2012No FormDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2012SleepwalkDirector, WriterFilm
2012Diamond SutraDirector, WriterFilm
2009VisageDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, WriterFilm
2008Sleeping on Dark WatersDirectorFilm
2007To Each His Own CinemaDirectorFilm
2007It's a DreamDirector, WriterFilm
2006I Don't Want to Sleep AloneDirector, Director of Photography, WriterFilm
2005The Wayward CloudDirector, WriterFilm
2004Welcome to São PauloDirectorFilm
2004My Stinking KidDirectorFilm
2004AquariumDirectorFilm
2003Goodbye, Dragon InnDirector, WriterFilm
2003The Skywalk Is GoneDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2003Moonlight in the RiverDirectorFilm
2001What Time Is It There?Director, ScreenplayFilm
2001A Conversation with GodDirectorFilm
2001The Moon is GoneDirectorFilm
1998The HoleDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1997The RiverDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1995My New FriendsDirectorFilm
1994Vive L'AmourDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1994Rebels of the Neon GodDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1991BoysDirector, WriterFilm
1991Give Me a HomeDirector, WriterFilm
1990Li-hsiang’s Love LineDirector, WriterFilm
1989All the Corners of the WorldDirector, WriterFilm
Production (3)
2016Single BeliefProducerFilm
2003The MissingExecutive ProducerFilm
—Stray Dogs at the MuseumProducerFilm
Writing (6)
2025Night JourneyScreenplay, Editor, DirectorFilm
2018SandScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1987The Game They Call SexWriterFilm
1985Run AwayWriterFilm
1985Spring DaddyWriterFilm
1984Teenage FugitiveScreenplayFilm