He has also frequently collaborated with actors Lee Kang-shen and Chen Shiang-chyi. His films are recognisable by their long shots, sparse dialogue and the prominent presence of running water, or the sound of this. Stray Dogs (2013) won the Grand Jury Prize in Venice, and the following year, Tsai was named an officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his contribution to film. In 2003 he directed Goodbye, Dragon Inn, which was hailed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul as the best film of the last 125 years. The Hole (1998), his fourth feature, was nominated for a Palme d’Or and won the Cannes FIPRESCI Prize. It was nominated for the Golden Bear in Berlin and the Golden Hugo in Chicago, and won the Jury Prize at both festivals. The River (1997) is sometimes called Tsai’s masterpiece, and is considered his bleakest film. With his second feature Vive l’ amour (1994) he won the Golden Lion in Venice, and he became a leading figure of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese cinema. After directing a number of TV films, he released his first feature Rebels of the Neon God in 1992. Tsai studied theatre and film directing in Taiwan at the Chinese Culture University, graduating in 1982. TSAI Ming-liang (1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker, screenwriter and theatre director.
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