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Tsai Ming-liang

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.

Et billede af Tsai Ming-liang

Directing

1989

[ ] All the Corners of the World (Director)

1990

[ ] Li-hsiang’s Love Line (Director)

1991

[ ] Boys (Director)
[ ] Give Me a Home (Director)

1994

[ ] Rebels of the Neon God (Director)

1995

[ ] Vive L'Amour (Director)
[ ] My New Friends (Director)

1997

[ ] The River (Director)

1999

[ ] The Hole (Director)

2001

[ ] What Time Is It There? (Director)
[ ] A Conversation with God (Director)

2002

[ ] The Skywalk Is Gone (Director)

2003

[ ] Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Director)
[ ] Moonlight in the River (Director)

2004

[ ] Aquarium (Director)
[ ] Welcome to São Paulo (Director)
[ ] My Stinking Kid (Director)

2005

[ ] The Wayward Cloud (Director)

2006

[ ] I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Director)

2007

[ ] To Each His Own Cinema (Director)
[ ] It's a Dream (Director)

2008

[ ] Sleeping on Dark Waters (Director)

2009

[ ] Face (Director)
[ ] Madame Butterfly (Director)

2012

[ ] Transformation (Director)
[ ] Beautiful 2012 (Director)
[ ] Walker (Director)
[ ] No Form (Director)
[ ] Diamond Sutra (Director)
[ ] Sleepwalk (Director)

2013

[ ] Letters from the South (Director)
[ ] Walking on Water (Director)

2014

[ ] Stray Dogs (Director)
[ ] Journey to the West (Director)

2015

[ ] No No Sleep (Director)
[ ] Afternoon (Director)
[ ] Beautiful 2015 (Director)

2016

[ ] Autumn Days (Director)
[ ] One & Zero (Director)

2018

[ ] The Deserted (Director)
[ ] Your Face (Director)
[ ] Sand (Director)
[ ] Light (Director)

2021

[ ] The Night (Director)
[ ] The Moon and the Tree (Director)
[ ] Wandering (Director)
[ ] Days (Director)

2022

[ ] Where (Director)
[ ] Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (Director)

2023

[ ] Yilan (Director)
[ ] Strolling Around (Director)

2024

[ ] Abiding Nowhere (Director)
[ ] Xining Public Housing (Director)

2025

[ ] Back Home (Director)
[ ] Night Journey (Director)

Camera

2006

[ ] I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Director of Photography)

2009

[ ] Madame Butterfly (Director of Photography)

2012

[ ] Walker (Director of Photography)

2021

[ ] The Night (Director of Photography)

2025

[ ] Night Journey (Director of Photography)

Writing

1984

[ ] Run Away (Writer)
[ ] Teenage Fugitive (Screenplay)

1985

[ ] Spring Daddy (Writer)

1987

[ ] The Game They Call Sex (Writer)

1989

[ ] All the Corners of the World (Writer)

1990

[ ] Li-hsiang’s Love Line (Writer)

1991

[ ] Boys (Writer)
[ ] Give Me a Home (Writer)

1994

[ ] Rebels of the Neon God (Screenplay)

1995

[ ] Vive L'Amour (Screenplay)

1997

[ ] The River (Screenplay)

1999

[ ] The Hole (Screenplay)

2001

[ ] What Time Is It There? (Writer)

2002

[ ] The Skywalk Is Gone (Screenplay)

2003

[ ] Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Writer)

2005

[ ] The Wayward Cloud (Writer)

2006

[ ] I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Writer)

2007

[ ] It's a Dream (Writer)

2009

[ ] Madame Butterfly (Writer)
[ ] Face (Screenplay)

2012

[ ] Sleepwalk (Writer)
[ ] Diamond Sutra (Writer)
[ ] Walker (Writer)
[ ] No Form (Screenplay)

2013

[ ] Letters from the South (Screenplay)

2014

[ ] Journey to the West (Adaptation)
[ ] Stray Dogs (Writer)

2018

[ ] Sand (Screenplay)

2021

[ ] The Night (Writer)
[ ] Days (Writer)

2025

[ ] Night Journey (Screenplay)

Production

2003

[ ] The Missing (Executive Producer)

2007

[ ] Help Me, Eros (Producer)

2009

[ ] Face (Producer)

2016

[ ] Single Belief (Producer)

2018

[ ] Your Face (Producer)

2021

[ ] Days (Executive Producer)

????

[ ] Stray Dogs at the Museum (Producer)

Crew

2009

[ ] Madame Butterfly (Cinematography)

2022

[ ] Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (Cinematography)

Art

2007

[ ] Help Me, Eros (Art Direction)

2014

[ ] Stray Dogs (Art Direction)

Editing

2025

[ ] Night Journey (Editor)

Actor

1995

[ ] My New Friends (Himself)

1998

[ ] Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (Self)

2002

[ ] Our Time, Our Story (Self)
[ ] Looking for Tsai (Himself)

2003

[ ] Moonlight in the River (Narrator)

2008

[ ] Sleeping on Dark Waters (????)

2009

[ ] Taipei 24H (????)
[ ] Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water (Self as the film director of Visage)
[ ] Face (????)
[ ] Remembrance (Client)

2013

[ ] Past Present (Self)

2014

[ ] Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (Self)

2015

[ ] Afternoon (Self)
[ ] French Cinema Mon Amour (Self)

2018

[ ] Your Face (Self)
[ ] Wiara (Self)

2021

[ ] Wandering (????)

2022

[ ] The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang (Tsai Ming-liang)
[ ] Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (????)
[ ] Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou (????)

2024

[ ] Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (Self - Filmmaker)

2025

[ ] The Ozu Diaries (Self)

2026

[ ] Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (Self)

????

[ ] seascape (Himself)