Oct 27, 1957 - 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 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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| Movie | 2021 | Missing Pictures | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Past Present | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Sleeping on Dark Waters | ||
| Movie | 2022 | The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang | Tsai Ming-liang | |
| Movie | 2021 | Wandering | ||
| Movie | 1998 | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? | ||
| Movie | N/A | seascape | Himself | |
| Movie | 2009 | Taipei 24H | ||
| Movie | 2014 | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou | ||
| Movie | 2015 | Afternoon | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | French Cinema Mon Amour | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water | Self as the film director of Visage | |
| Movie | 2002 | Our Time, Our Story | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | Moonlight in the River | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2018 | Your Face | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | My New Friends | Himself | |
| Movie | 2018 | Wiara | Himself | |
| Movie | 2002 | Looking for Tsai | Himself | |
| Movie | 2009 | Face | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema | Self - Filmmaker | |
| Movie | N/A | The Ozu Diaries | Self | |
| TV Show | 2019 | Three Piglets | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Parola (su una data) | 1 |
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| Movie | 2009 | Madame Butterfly | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2009 | Madame Butterfly | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | What Time Is It There? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Vive L'Amour | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | The Wayward Cloud | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | The Wayward Cloud | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Missing | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | The Hole | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1999 | The Hole | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | The River | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | The River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Face | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Face | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | Rebels of the Neon God | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Game They Call Sex | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Transformation | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2022 | Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 2012 | Beautiful 2012 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | A Conversation with God | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Walker | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Sleeping on Dark Waters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Stray Dogs | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | The Skywalk Is Gone | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | No Form | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Madame Butterfly | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Night | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Letters from the South | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Journey to the West | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Journey to the West | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Aquarium | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | What Time Is It There? | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Moon and the Tree | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Welcome to São Paulo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Night | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Stray Dogs | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Night | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2013 | Letters from the South | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Sand | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Boys | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | No No Sleep | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Walking on Water | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | The Moon is Gone | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Afternoon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Xiao Kang | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Sleepwalk | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Sleepwalk | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Diamond Sutra | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Diamond Sutra | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | Abiding Nowhere | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Wandering | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Run Away | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2022 | Where | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2022 | Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | Xining Public Housing | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Teenage Fugitive | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | My Stinking Kid | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2007 | Help Me, Eros | Art Direction | Art |
| Movie | 2007 | Help Me, Eros | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1985 | Spring Daddy | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2016 | Autumn Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Single Belief | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | The Hole | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | The Deserted | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Walker | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Give Me a Home | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | Your Face | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | One & Zero | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | Sand | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | No Form | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Walker | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2002 | The Skywalk Is Gone | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Light | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Moonlight in the River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Li-hsiang’s Love Line | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Li-hsiang’s Love Line | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2021 | Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | My New Friends | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Vive L'Amour | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Stray Dogs | Art Direction | Art |
| Movie | 2021 | Days | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2021 | Days | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1994 | Rebels of the Neon God | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Give Me a Home | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Boys | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | All the Corners of the World | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | All the Corners of the World | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Madame Butterfly | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | N/A | Stray Dogs at the Museum | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | Your Face | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2009 | Face | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Yilan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Strolling Around | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | It's a Dream | Director | Directing |
| Movie | N/A | Back Home | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Beautiful 2015 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2022 | Mother | Presenter | Crew |
