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FILM DIRECTOR

Tsai Ming-liang

1957 - Today

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Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡明亮; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsai Ming-liang has received more than 563,807 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tsai Ming-liang is the 704th most popular film director (up from 771st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malaysian Film Director.

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  • 50.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 704 out of 1,581. Before him are Rudolph Maté, Bruno Mattei, Claude Miller, Jeannot Szwarc, Bruce Beresford, and Timur Bekmambetov. After him are Henri Decoin, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jan Němec, Richard Linklater, Maurice Tourneur, and William Cameron Menzies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 140. Before him are Paul Reiser, Peter North, Juan Luis Guerra, Amanda Plummer, Laura Innes, and Bruce Rauner. After him are Duško Ivanović, Kenji Kawai, Mikhail Pletnev, Tan Dun, Tignous, and Martin Donovan.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 23 out of 74. Before him are Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), James Wan (1977), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), and Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943). After him are Ling Liong Sik (1943), Devan Nair (1923), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Putra of Perlis (1920), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), and Claudia Wells (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Malaysia

Among film directors born in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 2. Before him are James Wan (1977).

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Filmography

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