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Tsai Ming-liang · PopcornQueue

Tsai Ming-liang

Directing

Born: October 27, 1957 (age 68) · Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

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.

Known for

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
December 12, 2003
Vive L'Amour
September 2, 1994
To Each His Own Cinema
October 31, 2007
Rebels of the Neon God
August 4, 1994
The Wayward Cloud
March 25, 2005
What Time Is It There?
September 26, 2001
The Hole
September 14, 1998
Stray Dogs
February 21, 2014
The River
August 7, 1997
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
December 2, 2006
Days
May 21, 2021
The Skywalk Is Gone
April 25, 2003

Behind the camera63

2026Dust Director
2025Night Journey Screenplay, Editor, Director
2025Back Home Director
2024Abiding Nowhere Director
2024Xining Public Housing Director
2023Yilan Director
2023Strolling Around Director
2022Where Director
2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? Director, Director of Photography
2021Wandering

Director

2021The Moon and the Tree Director

2021The Night Director, Writer, Director of Photography

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2021Days Director, Executive Producer, Writer
2018Light Director
2018Your Face Director, Producer
2018Sand Screenplay, Director
2018The Deserted Director
2016Single Belief Producer
2016Autumn Days Director
2015Afternoon Director
2015No No Sleep Director
2015Beautiful 2015 Director
2014Journey to the West Director, Adaptation
2014Stray Dogs Director, Writer, Art Direction
2013Letters from the South Director, Screenplay
2012Walker Director, Writer, Director of Photography
2012Diamond Sutra Director, Writer
2012Sleepwalk Writer, Director
2012No Form Director, Screenplay
2012Beautiful 2012 Director
2012Transformation Director
2009Visage Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
2009Madame Butterfly Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Cinematography
2008Sleeping on Dark Waters Director
2007To Each His Own Cinema Director
2007Help Me, Eros Art Direction, Producer
2007It's a Dream Director, Writer
2006I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Director of Photography, Director, Writer
2005The Wayward Cloud Writer, Director
2004Aquarium Director
2004Welcome to São Paulo Director
2004My Stinking Kid Director
2003The Missing Executive Producer
2003Goodbye, Dragon Inn Writer, Director
2003The Skywalk Is Gone Director, Screenplay
2003Moonlight in the River Director
2001What Time Is It There? Director, Screenplay
2001The Moon is Gone Director
2001A Conversation with God Director
1998The Hole Screenplay, Director
1997The River Screenplay, Director
1995My New Friends Director
1994Vive L'Amour Director, Screenplay
1994Rebels of the Neon God Director, Screenplay
1991Boys Director, Writer
1991Give Me a Home Director, Writer
1990Li-hsiang’s Love Line Director, Writer
1989All the Corners of the World Director, Writer
1987The Game They Call Sex Writer
1985Run Away Writer
1985Spring Daddy Writer
1984Teenage Fugitive Screenplay
TBAStray Dogs at the Museum Producer

Acting25

2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
2025The Ozu Diaries as Self
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Filmmaker
2022Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang as Tsai Ming-liang
2021Wandering
2018Your Face as Self
2018Wiara as Self
2015Afternoon as Self
2015French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self

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2013Past Present as Self
2009Taipei 24H
2009Visage
2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water as Self as the film director of Visage
2009Remembrance as Client
2008Sleeping on Dark Waters
2003Moonlight in the River as Narrator
2002Our Time, Our Story as Self
2002Looking for Tsai as Himself
2001Léaud l'unique as Self - filmmaker
1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

as Self

1995My New Friends as Himself

TBAseascape as Himself