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.

Directed

1. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) — Director
2. Vive L'Amour (1995) — Director
3. Rebels of the Neon God (1994) — Director
4. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
5. The Wayward Cloud (2005) — Director
6. What Time Is It There? (2001) — Director
7. The Hole (1999) — Director
8. Stray Dogs (2014) — Director
9. The River (1997) — Director
10. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006) — Director
11. Days (2021) — Director
12. The Skywalk Is Gone (2002) — Director
13. The Night (2021) — Director
14. Journey to the West (2014) — Director
15. Visage (2009) — Director
16. Walker (2012) — Director
17. Your Face (2018) — Director
18. No No Sleep (2015) — Director
19. Beautiful 2012 (2012) — Director
20. A Conversation with God (2001) — Director
21. Madame Butterfly (2009) — Director
22. Welcome to São Paulo (2004) — Director
23. Boys (1991) — Director
24. Afternoon (2015) — Director
25. All the Corners of the World (1989) — Director
26. Letters from the South (2013) — Director
27. Sleeping on Dark Waters (2008) — Director
28. Abiding Nowhere (2024) — Director
29. Wandering (2021) — Director
30. Light (2018) — Director
31. My New Friends (1995) — Director
32. My Stinking Kid (2004) — Director
33. The Deserted (2018) — Director
34. Give Me a Home (1991) — Director
35. Li-hsiang’s Love Line (1990) — Director
36. Back Home (2025) — Director
37. Transformation (2012) — Director
38. No Form (2012) — Director
39. Aquarium (2004) — Director
40. The Moon and the Tree (2021) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Visage (2009)
2. Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) — Self
3. Your Face (2018) — Self
4. Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) — Self
5. Afternoon (2015) — Self
6. Taipei 24H (2009)
7. Our Time, Our Story (2002) — Self
8. Past Present (2013) — Self
9. Sleeping on Dark Waters (2008)
10. Wandering (2021)
11. Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024) — Self - Filmmaker
12. French Cinema Mon Amour (2015) — Self
13. My New Friends (1995) — Himself
14. Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (2026) — Self
15. Léaud l'unique (2001) — Self - filmmaker
16. Golden Horse Awards (1962) — Self
17. The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang (2022) — Tsai Ming-liang
18. Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (2022)
19. seascape — Himself
20. Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou (2022)
21. Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water (2009) — Self as the film director of Visage
22. Moonlight in the River (2003) — Narrator
23. Wiara (2018) — Self
24. Looking for Tsai (2002) — Himself
25. The Ozu Diaries (2025) — Self
26. Remembrance (2009) — Client
27. Three Piglets (2019) — Self
28. Parola (su una data) (2003)