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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.
Tsai Ming-liang is a Taiwanese-Malaysian filmmaker who emerged as a defining voice of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese cinema.
He is known for films such as Vive L'Amour, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, and Stray Dogs, as well as his decades-long creative collaboration with actor Lee Kang-sheng.
His work is characterized by the slow cinema movement, featuring meditative pacing, minimal dialogue, and profound studies of urban alienation.