# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tsai-ming-liang
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:29.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tsai-ming-liang"
name: "Tsai Ming-liang"
slug: "tsai-ming-liang"
description: "Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan and one of the most celebrated directors in the Slow Cinema genre and the \"Second New Wave\" of Taiwanese cinema."
tagline: "Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MJK_72176_Tsai_Ming-Liang_(Abiding_Nowhere%2C_Berlinale_2020).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1957-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.638846737481032
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "TsaiMingLiangOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158857/"
    handle:    "nm0158857"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Tsai Ming-Liang"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tsai Ming-liang"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump