Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang (October 27, 1957 -) is a film director who was born in Sarawak, East Malaysia and moved to Taiwan. His films have won major awards at major film festivals at home and abroad. He is an internationally renowned film author and one of the representatives of Malaysian films in Taiwan. He has won many important awards at three major international film festivals in Europe, including "Love" "Long Live Love" (1994) and "Outing" (2013) won the Golden Lion and the Jury Prize respectively at the Venice Film Festival, and "The River" (1997) won the Silver Bear and "Days" (2020) the Teddy Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. "The Face" (2009) became the first film to be collected by the Louvre, setting a benchmark and model for art films. He has been shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival four times, the Cannes Film Festival three times, the Berlin Film Festival three times, and the Golden Horse Award for Best Director eight times.