蔡明亮，1957年出生於砂拉越古晉，畢業於中國文化大學影劇系。早期活躍於舞台劇創作，之後進入電視圈撰寫電視劇本。電影作品《青少年哪吒》、《愛情萬歲》、《河流》、《洞》、《你那邊幾點》、《不散》、《黑眼圈》、《天邊一朵雲》等皆受邀參與大型國際影展，蔡明亮也因此享譽國際。2006年受法國羅浮宮邀請拍攝以典藏品為主題的影片《臉》，本片並於2009年入圍坎城影展正式競賽片。2013年他以作品《郊遊》獲得第70屆威尼斯影展評審團大獎及第50屆金馬獎最佳導演。2017年他完成首支VR短片《家在蘭若寺》，並於第74屆威尼斯影展首映。2018年於宜蘭壯圍「沙丘」旅遊服務中心策劃為期兩年的《行者・蔡明亮》大展；同年與音樂大師坂本龍一合作，完成只有14個鏡頭的長片《你的臉》。

Tsai Ming Liang was born in Kuching, Sarawak in 1957, graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Culture University of Taiwan. Before delving into filmmaking, he was involved in writing theatre plays and television dramas. Most of his feature films such as Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Vive L'Amour (1994), The River (1997), The Hole (1998), What Time Is It There? (2001), The Wayward Cloud (2005), I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006), Face (2009) were invited to participate in important international film festivals, thus made Tsai internationally renowned. Stray Dogs (2013) won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival and the 50th Golden Horse Awards. In 2017, he completed the first Virtual Reality (VR) film, The Deserted, which premiered at the 74th Venice Film Festival. Collaborated with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tsai’s latest film Your Face is a feature film with only 14 shots.