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.
Known For
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
Director
The Wayward Cloud
(2005)
Director
Rebels of the Neon God
(1994)
Director
Vive L'Amour
(1995)
Director
What Time Is It There?
(2001)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
All the Corners of the World
(1989)
Director
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
(1990)
Director
Boys
(1991)
Director
Give Me a Home
(1991)
Director
Rebels of the Neon God
(1994)
Director
Vive L'Amour
(1995)
Director
My New Friends
(1995)
Director
The River
(1997)
Director
The Hole
(1999)
Director
What Time Is It There?
(2001)
Director
A Conversation with God
(2001)
Director
The Moon is Gone
(2001)
Director
The Skywalk Is Gone
(2002)
Director
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
(2003)
Director
Moonlight in the River
(2003)
Director
Welcome to São Paulo
(2004)
Director
My Stinking Kid
(2004)
Director
Aquarium
(2004)
Director
The Wayward Cloud
(2005)
Director
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(2006)
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
Director
It's a Dream
(2007)
Director
Sleeping on Dark Waters
(2008)
Director
Face
(2009)
Director
Madame Butterfly
(2009)
Director
The Hole
(2011)
Director
Beautiful 2012
(2012)
Director
Walker
(2012)
Director
No Form
(2012)
Director
Sleepwalk
(2012)
Director
Diamond Sutra
(2012)
Director
Transformation
(2012)
Director
Letters from the South
(2013)
Director
Walking on Water
(2013)
Director
Stray Dogs
(2014)
Director
Journey to the West
(2014)
Director
Le voyage en Occident
(2014)
Director
No No Sleep
(2015)
Director
Afternoon
(2015)
Director
Xiao Kang
(2015)
Director
Autumn Days
(2016)
Director
The Deserted
(2018)
Director
Your Face
(2018)
Director
Sand
(2018)
Director
Light
(2018)
Director
Days
(2021)
Director
The Night
(2021)
Director
The Moon and the Tree
(2021)
Director
Wandering
(2021)
Director
Where
(2022)
Director
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
(2022)
Director
Abiding Nowhere
(2024)
Director
Xining Public Housing
(2024)
Director
Acting
My New Friends
(1995)
Himself
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
(1998)
Himself
Our Time, Our Story
(2002)
Self
Looking for Tsai
(2002)
Himself
Moonlight in the River
(2003)
Narrator
Sleeping on Dark Waters
(2008)
Taipei 24H
(2009)
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
(2009)
Self as the film director of Visage
Face
(2009)
Past Present
(2013)
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
(2014)
Self
Afternoon
(2015)
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
(2015)
Self
Your Face
(2018)
Self
Wiara
(2018)
Himself
Missing Pictures
(2021)
Himself
Wandering
(2021)
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
(2022)
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
(2022)
Tsai Ming-liang
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
(2022)
Writing
Teenage Fugitive
(1984)
Screenplay
Run Away
(1985)
Writer
Spring Daddy
(1985)
Writer
The Game They Call Sex
(1987)
Writer
All the Corners of the World
(1989)
Writer
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
(1990)
Writer
Give Me a Home
(1991)
Writer
Boys
(1991)
Writer
Rebels of the Neon God
(1994)
Screenplay
Vive L'Amour
(1995)
Screenplay
The River
(1997)
Screenplay
The Hole
(1999)
Screenplay
What Time Is It There?
(2001)
Writer
The Skywalk Is Gone
(2002)
Screenplay
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
(2003)
Writer
The Wayward Cloud
(2005)
Writer
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(2006)
Writer
Face
(2009)
Screenplay
Madame Butterfly
(2009)
Writer
Diamond Sutra
(2012)
Writer
Sleepwalk
(2012)
Writer
Walker
(2012)
Writer
No Form
(2012)
Screenplay
Letters from the South
(2013)
Screenplay
Journey to the West
(2014)
Adaptation
Stray Dogs
(2014)
Writer
Sand
(2018)
Screenplay
Days
(2021)
Writer
The Night
(2021)
Writer
Production
The Missing
(2003)
Executive Producer
Help Me, Eros
(2007)
Producer
Face
(2009)
Producer
Single Belief
(2016)
Producer
Your Face
(2018)
Producer
Days
(2021)
Executive Producer
Camera
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(2006)
Director of Photography
Madame Butterfly
(2009)
Director of Photography
Walker
(2012)
Director of Photography
The Night
(2021)
Director of Photography
Art
Crew