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Tsai Ming-liang (b. 1957)

Alias:
Choi Ming Leung
Choi Ming-leung
Choi Mingleung
Cài Míng Liàng
Cài Míng-liàng
Cài Míngliàng
Tsai Ming Liang
Tsai Mingliang
蔡 明亮
蔡明亮
차이밍량

Birthplace:
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Born:
October 27, 1957

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Adaptation:
2014  Journey to the West

Art Direction:
2007  Help Me, Eros
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs

Cinematography:
2007  Help Me, Eros
2009  Madame Butterfly
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

Director:
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing

Director of Photography:
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing

Executive Producer:
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2003  The Missing
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing

Producer:
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2003  The Missing
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2016  Single Belief
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing
????  Stray Dogs at the Museum

Screenplay:
1984  Teenage Fugitive
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2003  The Missing
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2016  Single Belief
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing
????  Stray Dogs at the Museum

Writer:
1984  Run Away
1984  Teenage Fugitive
1985  Spring Daddy
1987  The Game They Call Sex
1989  All the Corners of the World
1990  Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1991  Boys
1991  Give Me a Home
1994  Rebels of the Neon God
1995  My New Friends
1995  Vive L'Amour
1997  The River
1999  The Hole
2001  A Conversation with God
2001  The Moon is Gone
2001  What Time Is It There?
2002  The Skywalk Is Gone
2003  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003  Moonlight in the River
2003  The Missing
2004  Aquarium
2004  My Stinking Kid
2004  Welcome to São Paulo
2005  The Wayward Cloud
2006  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2007  Help Me, Eros
2007  It's a Dream
2007  To Each His Own Cinema
2008  Sleeping on Dark Waters
2009  Face
2009  Madame Butterfly
2011  The Hole
2012  Beautiful 2012
2012  Diamond Sutra
2012  No Form
2012  Sleepwalk
2012  Transformation
2012  Walker
2013  Letters from the South
2013  Walking on Water
2014  Journey to the West
2014  Stray Dogs
2015  Afternoon
2015  No No Sleep
2015  Xiao Kang
2016  Autumn Days
2016  One & Zero
2016  Single Belief
2018  Light
2018  Sand
2018  The Deserted
2018  Your Face
2021  Days
2021  The Moon and the Tree
2021  The Night
2021  Wandering
2022  Where
2022  Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2023  Strolling Around
2023  Yilan
2024  Abiding Nowhere
2024  Xining Public Housing
????  Stray Dogs at the Museum

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TV Production

Presenter:
2022  Mother

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