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Tsai Ming-liang

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 10/27/1957 (66) | Kuching
Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡明亮; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous awards at festivals. In 1994, Tsai won the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice International Film Festival for the film Vive L'Amour. ()

Tsai Ming-liang(Chinese:蔡明亮;pinyin:Cài Míngliàng) (born 27 October 1957) is aMalaysian-Taiwanesefilmmaker. 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 ofTaiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Tsai Ming-liang

Golden Lion 2x Golden Horse Award for Best Director Officer of Arts and Letters Asia's Most Influential Taiwan
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Movies with Tsai Ming-liang as Actor(17)

as himself2021 Missing Pictures
as himself2018 Wiara
as himself2018 Your Face
as himself2015 Afternoon
as himself2013 Past Present
2009 Face
as Self as the film director of Visage2009 Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
as himself2002 Our Time, Our Story
as himself2002 Looking for Tsai
as himself1995 My New Friends

Movies with Tsai Ming-liang as Crew(87)

Directing/Director2024 Abiding Nowhere
Production/Producer2023 Stray Dogs at the Museum
Crew/Cinematography2022 Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Camera/Director of Photography2021 The Night
Directing/Director2021 The Night
Writing/Writer2021 The Night
Directing/Director2021 The Moon and the Tree
Directing/Director2021 Days
Production/Executive Producer2021 Days
Writing/Writer2021 Days
Directing/Director2021 Wandering
Directing/Director2018 Sand
Writing/Screenplay2018 Sand
Directing/Director2018 The Deserted
Directing/Director2018 Your Face
Production/Producer2018 Your Face
Directing/Director2016 Autumn Days
Production/Producer2016 Single Belief
Directing/Director2015 Afternoon
Directing/Director2015 Xiao Kang
Directing/Director2015 No No Sleep
Art/Art Direction2014 Stray Dogs
Directing/Director2014 Stray Dogs
Writing/Writer2014 Stray Dogs
Directing/Director2014 Journey to the West
Writing/Adaptation2014 Journey to the West
Directing/Director2013 Letters from the South
Writing/Screenplay2013 Letters from the South
Directing/Director2013 Walking on Water
Directing/Director2012 Beautiful 2012
Camera/Director of Photography2012 Walker
Directing/Director2012 Walker
Writing/Writer2012 Walker
Directing/Director2012 Sleepwalk
Writing/Writer2012 Sleepwalk
Directing/Director2012 Diamond Sutra
Writing/Writer2012 Diamond Sutra
Directing/Director2012 No Form
Writing/Screenplay2012 No Form
Directing/Director2009 Face
Production/Producer2009 Face
Writing/Screenplay2009 Face
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Madame Butterfly
Crew/Cinematography2009 Madame Butterfly
Directing/Director2009 Madame Butterfly
Writing/Writer2009 Madame Butterfly
Directing/Director2008 Sleeping on Dark Waters
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Art/Art Direction2007 Help Me, Eros
Production/Producer2007 Help Me, Eros
Camera/Director of Photography2006 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Directing/Director2006 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Writing/Writer2006 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Directing/Director2005 The Wayward Cloud
Writing/Writer2005 The Wayward Cloud
Directing/Director2004 Welcome to São Paulo
Directing/Director2004 My Stinking Kid
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Missing
Directing/Director2003 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Writing/Writer2003 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Directing/Director2002 The Skywalk Is Gone
Writing/Screenplay2002 The Skywalk Is Gone
Directing/Director2001 What Time Is It There?
Writing/Writer2001 What Time Is It There?
Directing/Director2001 A Conversation with God
Directing/Director1999 The Hole
Writing/Screenplay1999 The Hole
Directing/Director1997 The River
Writing/Screenplay1997 The River
Directing/Director1995 Vive L'Amour
Writing/Screenplay1995 Vive L'Amour
Directing/Director1995 My New Friends
Directing/Director1992 Rebels of the Neon God
Writing/Screenplay1992 Rebels of the Neon God
Directing/Director1991 Boys
Writing/Writer1991 Boys
Directing/Director1991 Give Me a Home
Writing/Writer1991 Give Me a Home
Directing/Director1990 Li-hsiang’s Love Line
Writing/Writer1990 Li-hsiang’s Love Line
Directing/Director1989 All the Corners of the World
Writing/Writer1989 All the Corners of the World
Writing/Writer1987 The Game They Call Sex
Writing/Writer1985 Run Away
Writing/Writer1985 Spring Daddy
Writing/Screenplay1984 Teenage Fugitive

TV Shows/Series with Tsai Ming-liang as Crew(1)

Crew/Presenter2022 Mother

Full Name: Tsai Cai
Citizenships: Malaysia, Taiwan
Born: Sunday, 10/27 1957 (October) in Kuching (current age: 66 years + 154 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Educated at: Chinese Culture University
Other names for Tsai Ming-liang (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Choi Ming-Leung"
"蔡明亮"
"Cai Mingliang"
"Ming-liang Tsai"
"차이밍량"
Tsai Ming-liang frequently works together with these people:
Lee Kang-sheng (50x, Actor)
Liao Pen-Jung (15x, Crew)
Lu Yi-Ching (14x, Actress)
Chen Shiang-Chyi (12x, Actress)
Tu Duu-chih (11x, Crew)
Chang Jhong-yuan (11x, Crew)
Lei Chen-ching (9x, Crew)
Vincent Wang (9x, Crew)
Yang Kuei-Mei (7x, Actress)
Claude Wang (7x, Crew)
Erik Hemmendorff (6x, Crew)
Siu-Di Wang (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14117, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024