Tsai Ming-liang (蔡明亮, pinyin: Cài Míngliàng) (born in 1957 in Kuching, Malaysia) was one of Taiwan's most well-known directors of the 1990s.

He graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Cultural University of Taiwan in 1982 and worked as a theatrical producer, screenwriter and television director for various Hong Kong films. Tsai's honours include a Golden Lion (best picture) for Vive L'Amour at the Venice Film Festival in 1994, the Silver Bear/Special Jury Prize for The River at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI award for The Hole at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

• Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
• Vive L'Amour (1996)
• The River (1997)
• The Hole (1998)
• What Time Is It There (2001)
• The Skywalk is Gone (2002)
• Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
• Welcome to São Paulo (segment "Aquarium") (2004)
• The Wayward Cloud (2005)