Tsai Ming-liang
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.
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Filmography
Acting (28)
Movies (25)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026as Self
The Ozu Diaries
2025as Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024as Self - Filmmaker
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
2022as Tsai Ming-liang
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
2022
Wandering
2021
Missing Pictures
2021as Self
Wiara
2018as Self
Your Face
2018as Self
Afternoon
2015as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014as Self
Past Present
2013as Self
Taipei 24H
2009
Visage
2009 Remembrance
2009as Client
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009as Self as the film director of Visage
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008
Moonlight in the River
2003as Narrator
Our Time, Our Story
2002as Self
Looking for Tsai
2002as Himself
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998as Self
My New Friends
1995as Himself
seascape
as Himself
Crew (109)
Movies (108)
Night Journey
2025Director
Night Journey
2025Director of Photography
Night Journey
2025Editor
Night Journey
2025Screenplay
Back Home
2025Director
Abiding Nowhere
2024Director
Xining Public Housing
2024Director
Strolling Around
2023Director
Yilan
2023Director
Where
2022Director
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022Cinematography
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022Director
Wandering
2021Director
Days
2021Director
Days
2021Executive Producer
Days
2021Writer
The Moon and the Tree
2021Director
The Night
2021Director
The Night
2021Director of Photography
The Night
2021Writer
The Deserted
2018Director
Sand
2018Director
Sand
2018Screenplay
Light
2018Director
Your Face
2018Director
Your Face
2018Producer
One & Zero
2016Director
Autumn Days
2016Director
Single Belief
2016Producer
No No Sleep
2015Director
Beautiful 2015
2015Director
Afternoon
2015Director
Stray Dogs
2014Art Direction
Stray Dogs
2014Director
Stray Dogs
2014Writer
Journey to the West
2014Adaptation
Journey to the West
2014Director
Letters from the South
2013Director
Letters from the South
2013Screenplay
Walking on Water
2013Director
Walker
2012Director
Walker
2012Director of Photography
Walker
2012Writer
No Form
2012Director
No Form
2012Screenplay
Sleepwalk
2012Director
Sleepwalk
2012Writer
Diamond Sutra
2012Director
Diamond Sutra
2012Writer
Beautiful 2012
2012Director
Transformation
2012Director
The Hole
2011Director
Visage
2009Director
Visage
2009Idea
Visage
2009Producer
Visage
2009Screenplay
Visage
2009Script
Visage
2009Story
Visage
2009Writer
Madame Butterfly
2009Cinematography
Madame Butterfly
2009Director
Madame Butterfly
2009Director of Photography
Madame Butterfly
2009Writer
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007Director
Help Me, Eros
2007Art Direction
Help Me, Eros
2007Producer
It's a Dream
2007Director
It's a Dream
2007Writer
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006Director
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006Director of Photography
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006Writer
The Wayward Cloud
2005Director
The Wayward Cloud
2005Writer
My Stinking Kid
2004Director
Welcome to São Paulo
2004Director
Aquarium
2004Director
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003Director
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003Writer
The Missing
2003Executive Producer
Moonlight in the River
2003Director
The Skywalk Is Gone
2002Director
The Skywalk Is Gone
2002Screenplay
What Time Is It There?
2001Director
What Time Is It There?
2001Writer
A Conversation with God
2001Director
The Hole
1999Director
The Hole
1999Screenplay
The River
1997Director
The River
1997Screenplay
Vive L'Amour
1995Director
Vive L'Amour
1995Screenplay
My New Friends
1995Director
Rebels of the Neon God
1994Director
Rebels of the Neon God
1994Screenplay
Give Me a Home
1991Director
Give Me a Home
1991Writer
Boys
1991Director
Boys
1991Writer
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990Director
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990Writer
All the Corners of the World
1989Director
All the Corners of the World
1989Writer
The Game They Call Sex
1987Writer
Spring Daddy
1985Writer
Run Away
1984Writer
Teenage Fugitive
1984Screenplay
Stray Dogs at the Museum
Producer
Television (1)
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