TSAI Ming-liang (1957, Malaysia) studied theatre and film directing in Taiwan. He has written several scripts and has worked as a theatre director. He won the Golden Lion in Venice with Vive l'amour (1994) and the Silver Bear in Berlin with The Wayward Cloud (2005). Many of Tsai's films have been screened in Rotterdam.
(selection) Ching shao nien na cha (Qingshaonian Nazha)/Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Chin wan shui/Vive l'amour (1994), He liu/The River (1997), Dong/The Hole (1998), A Conversation with God (2001, short), Ni nei pien chi tien/What Time is it There? (2001), Tien chao bu jien le/The Skywalk is Gone (2002, short), The Growing of the Saplings (2002, doc), Bu jian bu sa/Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), Bem-Vindo a São Paulo/Welcome to São Paulo: segment Aquarium (2004), Tian bian yi duo yun/The Wayward Cloud (2005), Hei yan quan/I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (2006), Is it a Dream? (2007, instal), Madame Butterfly (2008, short), Visage (2009)