Tsai Ming-liang

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-10-27 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

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 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. 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.

Production

2009

Madame Butterfly

as Director of Photography

2009

2001

1995

Vive L'Amour

as Director

2006

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

as Director of Photography

2007

2005

2005

2003

The Missing

as Executive Producer

1999

The Hole

as Screenplay

1999

The Hole

as Director

1997

The River

as Screenplay

1997

The River

as Director

2009

Face

as Director

2009

Face

as Screenplay

2003

2003

1994

2012

Transformation

as Director

2012

Beautiful 2012

as Director

2012

Walker

as Director

2014

Stray Dogs

as Director

2002

2012

No Form

as Director

2009

Madame Butterfly

as Director

2021

The Night

as Director

2013

2014

2014

Journey to the West

as Adaptation

2004

Aquarium

as Director

2021

2004

2021

The Night

as Writer

2014

Stray Dogs

as Writer

2021

The Night

as Director of Photography

2013

2018

Sand

as Screenplay

1991

Boys

as Director

2015

No No Sleep

as Director

2013

Walking on Water

as Director

2001

The Moon is Gone

as Director

2015

Afternoon

as Director

2015

Xiao Kang

as Director

2012

Diamond Sutra

as Director

2012

Sleepwalk

as Writer

2012

Sleepwalk

as Director

2012

Diamond Sutra

as Writer

2024

Abiding Nowhere

as Director

2021

Wandering

as Director

1984

Run Away

as Writer

2022

Where

as Director

2024

1984

Teenage Fugitive

as Screenplay

2004

My Stinking Kid

as Director

2007

Help Me, Eros

as Art Direction

2007

Help Me, Eros

as Producer

1985

Spring Daddy

as Writer

2016

Autumn Days

as Director

2016

Single Belief

as Producer

2011

The Hole

as Director

2018

The Deserted

as Director

2012

Walker

as Writer

1991

Give Me a Home

as Director

2018

Your Face

as Director

2016

One & Zero

as Director

2018

Sand

as Director

2012

Walker

as Director of Photography

2012

No Form

as Screenplay

2002

The Skywalk Is Gone

as Screenplay

2018

Light

as Director

2003

2021

Days

as Director

1995

My New Friends

as Director

1995

Vive L'Amour

as Screenplay

2014

Stray Dogs

as Art Direction

2021

Days

as Executive Producer

2021

Days

as Writer

1994

1991

Boys

as Writer

1991

2018

Your Face

as Producer

2009

Madame Butterfly

as Cinematography

2009

Face

as Producer

2023

Yilan

as Director

2023

Strolling Around

as Director

2007

It's a Dream

as Director

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