
Tsai Ming-liang
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1957
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography

Stray Dogs at the Museum TBA
Producer

seascape TBA
as Himself

Dust 2026
Director

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema 2026
as Self

Night Journey 2025
Screenplay, Editor, Director

Back Home 2025
Director

The Ozu Diaries 2025
as Self

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema 2024
as Self - Filmmaker

Abiding Nowhere 2024
Director

Xining Public Housing 2024
Director

Strolling Around 2023
Director

Yilan 2023
Director
- Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou 2022
Actor

Where 2022
Director

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? 2022
Actor, Director, Director of Photography
- The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang 2022
as Tsai Ming-liang

Wandering 2021
Actor, Director

The Moon and the Tree 2021
Director

The Night 2021
Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Days 2021
Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Light 2018
Director

Your Face 2018
as Self, Director, Producer

Sand 2018
Screenplay, Director

The Deserted 2018
Director

Wiara 2018
as Self

Single Belief 2016
Producer

Autumn Days 2016
Director

Afternoon 2015
as Self, Director

French Cinema Mon Amour 2015
as Self

No No Sleep 2015
Director

Beautiful 2015 2015
Director

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema 2014
as Self

Journey to the West 2014
Director, Adaptation

Stray Dogs 2014
Director, Writer, Art Direction

Letters from the South 2013
Director, Screenplay

Past Present 2013
as Self

Walker 2012
Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Diamond Sutra 2012
Director, Writer

Sleepwalk 2012
Writer, Director

No Form 2012
Director, Screenplay

Beautiful 2012 2012
Director

Transformation 2012
Director

Taipei 24H 2009
Actor

Visage 2009
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Writer

Madame Butterfly 2009
Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Cinematography

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water 2009
as Self as the film director of Visage
- Remembrance
Remembrance 2009
as Client

Sleeping on Dark Waters 2008
Actor, Director

To Each His Own Cinema 2007
Director

Help Me, Eros 2007
Art Direction, Producer

It's a Dream 2007
Director, Writer

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 2006
Director of Photography, Director, Writer

The Wayward Cloud 2005
Writer, Director

Welcome to São Paulo 2004
Director

Aquarium 2004
Director

My Stinking Kid 2004
Director

Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2003
Writer, Director

The Missing 2003
Executive Producer

The Skywalk Is Gone 2003
Director, Screenplay

Moonlight in the River 2003
as Narrator, Director

Our Time, Our Story 2002
as Self

Looking for Tsai 2002
as Himself

Léaud l'unique 2001
as Self - filmmaker

What Time Is It There? 2001
Director, Screenplay
- The Moon is Gone
The Moon is Gone 2001
Director

A Conversation with God 2001
Director

The Hole 1998
Screenplay, Director

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema 1998
as Self

The River 1997
Screenplay, Director

My New Friends 1995
as Himself, Director

Vive L'Amour 1994
Director, Screenplay

Rebels of the Neon God 1994
Director, Screenplay

Boys 1991
Director, Writer

Give Me a Home 1991
Director, Writer

Li-hsiang’s Love Line 1990
Director, Writer

All the Corners of the World 1989
Director, Writer

The Game They Call Sex 1987
Writer

Run Away 1985
Writer

Spring Daddy 1985
Writer

Teenage Fugitive 1984
Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.