Director , Scriptwriter , Actors/Actress
Born in Taitung in 1966, Leon Dai (戴立忍) obtained a degree from the Department of Theatre Atrs of theNational College of Arts, the predecessor of the Taipei National University of the Arts. In 1990, he started to perform in theaters, and tried directing for stage play as well as writting scripts. Since 1993, Lai has started acting in films, theaters, television dramas, and commercial films in which his acting skill is highly affirmed. The short film "Summers (兩個夏天)" directed by him in 2000 won the Golden Horse Award for best short film and the top prize at the Taipei Film Festival. His 2009 feature film "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (不能沒有你)" earned him the Golden Horse Award for best director. He has also continued acting in films and dramas actively in recent years.
Awards
2020 Osaka Asian Film Festival Best Supporting Actor "Your Name Engraved Herein"
2020 Taipei Film Awards Best Supporting Actor "Your Name Engraved Herein"
2009 The 46th Golden Horse Awards Best Director "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti"
2002 The 39th Golden Horse Awards Best Short Film "Summers"
1999 The 36th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "A Chance to Die"
Nominations
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "Your Name Engraved Herein"
2017 The 54th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "The Great Buddha +"
2014 The 51th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "(Sex) Appeal"
2008 The 45th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "Parking"
2000 The 37th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor "Feeling by Night"
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| 2023 | Bad Education |
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Award
2023 Most Promising Talent Award at the 18th Osaka Asian Film Festival
2022 Best Supporting Actor at the 59th Golden Horse Awards
Nominations
2023 Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Design, Best Music, and Best Editing at the 25th Taipei Film Awards
Nominations
2022 Best New Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing at the 59th Golden Horse Awards
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| 2023 | Tomorrow is a Long Time |
| 2020 | Your Name Engraved Herein |
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2020 Osaka Asian Film Festival winner - Best Supporting Actor
2020 Golden Horse Awards winner - Best Cinematography, Best Original Film Song
2020 Golden Horse Awards nominations - Best Supporting Actor, Best New Performer, Best Original Film Score
2020 Taipei Film Awards nominations - Best Supporting Actor, Best New Performer
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| 2017 | The Great Buddha + |
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Winning
2017 Golden Horse Awards :
Best New Director,Best Adapted Screenplay,Best Cinematography,Best Original Film Score,Best Original Film Song
Nomination
2017 Golden Horse Awards :
Best Feature Film,Best Supporting Actor,Best Art Direction,Best Film Editing,Best Sound Effects
2017 Toronto International Film Festival - Discovery, NETPAC Award
2017 Vancouver International Film Festival - Dragons & Tigers
2017 Busan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
2017 Tokyo International Film Festival - World Focus
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| 2016 | Love in Vain |
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2015 Taipei Film Festival-Gala Premieres
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| 2016 | At Cafe 6 |
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2016 Busan International Film Festival-Open Cinema
2016 Shanghai International Film Festival-China Movie Channel Media Awards |
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| 2016 | Godspeed |
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Nominations
2016 Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Costume Design, and Best Original Film Score of the 53rd Golden Horse Awards
2016 Best Leading Actor and Best Original Score of the 11st Asian Film Awards
Awards
2016 Best Art Direction of the 53rd Golden Horse Awards
2016 The 36th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan
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| 2015 | The Assassin |
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2015 Busan International Film Festival -Gala Presentation
2015 Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival - Opening Film 2015 Cannes Film Festival - Best Director, Cannes Soundtrack Award |
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| 2014 | Kara-Orchestra |
| 2014 | Sex Appeal |
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2014 Hanoi International Film Festival
2014 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2014 Busan International Film Festival-New Currents Competition |
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| 2012 | Black & White Episode 1 : The Dawn of Assault |
| 2011 | Ten Plus Ten |
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2011 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Opening Film
2012 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Panorama
Platinum Remi Award for Art Direction in the category of Film & Video Production at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2013 (winner)
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| 2010 | The Fourth Portrait |
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Festival of the 3 Continents Nantes-Audience Prize
Valladolid International Film Festival-Best Cinematography Locarno International Film Festival-Filmmakers of the Present Competition Toronto International Film Festival-Offical Selection Taiwan Golden Horse Awards-Best Director, Best Taiwanese Film, Best Supporting Actress and FIPRESCI Prizes Asia Pacific Film Festival-Best Cinematography |
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| 2010 | Reign of Assassins |
| 2009 | No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti |
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2009 33th Hong Kong International Film Festival
2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival - Competition: Golden Tiger Award 2009 Taipei Film Festival Narrative Features, Grand Prize,Narrative Features, Best Actor(CHEN Wen-pin),Narrative Features, Best Supporting Actor(Lin Chih-ju),Media’s Choice Award |
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| 2008 | Parking |
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2008 Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction
2008 Golden Horse Award, FIPRESCI Prize 2008 Festival de Cannes 2008 Pusan International Film Festival,window of asia 2009 Adelaida Film Festival, World Cinema |
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| 2008 | Good Will Evil |
| 2008 | Button Man! |
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2008 Pusan International Film Festival,Best Actress
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| 2005 | Blue Cha-Cha |
| 2005 | The Passage |
| 2002 | TWENTY SOMETHING TAIPEI |
| 2002 | SOMEWHERE OVER THE DREAMLAND |
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2002 Venice Film Festival, Best First Feature Film of the Critics Week
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| 2002 | ROBINSON'S CRUSOE |
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1991 Domestic Film Fund
2003 Un Certain Regard of the 56th Cannes International Film Festival
2003 The 8th Busan International Film Festival
2003 The 27th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2003 Best Leading Actress Award (nominee: Kuei-Mei Yang) of the 48th Asia Pacific Film Festival
2003 The 23rd Hawaii International Film Festival
2003 Eyes on the Wind of Taiwan Films of P.O.P Cinema
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| 2002 | DOUBLE VISION |
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2002 The 55th Cannes International Film Festival, Un Certain Regards Section
2002 The 7th Pusan International Film Festival, Opening Film |
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| 2001 | SUMMER, DREAM |
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2001 The 38TH Golden Horse Awards, Best Short Live Action Film
2002 Taipei Film Festival, Best Fictional Film/Video Award in the Professional Section of Citizen Video/Film Competition 2002 The 21st Vancouver International Film Festival, Dragons and Tigers Section 2002 The 15th Tokyo International Film Festival, Asian Cinema Competition Section 2002 The 7th Pusan International Film Festival, Wide Angle Section 2002 The 22nd Hawaii International Film Festival |
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| 2001 | DINNER |
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2001 The 38th Golden Horse Awards, Best Best Short Live Action Film Nominated
2002 Taipei Film Festival, Citizen Vision Program Section 2002 The South Taiwan Film & Video Festival 2002 The 25th Golden Harvest Awards for Short Film and Video, Best Short Film 2002 The 3rd Jeonju International Film Festival |
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| 2001 | ANGEL |
| 2001 | BETELNUT BEAUTY |
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Awards
2001 Best Director Award (Cheng-Sheng Lin) and Best New Actress Award (Sinje Lee) of the 51st Berlin International Film Festival
2001 The 2nd Jeonju International Film Festival
2001 The 20th Vancouver International Film Festival
2001 Chinese Language Film Collection of the 11th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival
2001 Silver Screen Award (nominee: Lin Cheng-Sheng) of the 14th Singapore International Film Festival
2001 The 21st Hawaii International Film Festival
2002 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
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| 2001 | BETTER THAN SEX |
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2003 Far East Film Festival, Italay
2003 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival |
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| 2001 | SUMMERS |
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2002 The 22nd Hawaii International Film Festival
2002 The 7th Pusan International Film Festival, Wide Angle Section |
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| 2000 | A ONE AND A TWO |
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2000 The 53rd Cannes International Film Festival, Best Director Award
2000 Sarajevo Film Festival, Best Film Award 2000 The 25th Toronto International Film Festival 2000 The 19th Vancouver International Film Festival, Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award 2000 The 38th New York Film Festival 2000 The 36th Chicago International Film Festival 2000 The 5th Pusan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema Section 2000 The 13th Tokyo International Film Festival 2000 The 44th London Film Festival 2001 The 25th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Closing Film 2001 The 15th Fribourg International Film Festival, Grand Prix Jury Award |
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| 2000 | HIDDEN WHISPER |
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2000 The 37th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor nominated
2000 The 53rd Cannes International Film Festival, International Film Critics Week Section 2000 The 2nd Cinemanila International Film Festival 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2000 The 5th Pusan International Film Festival, New Currents Competition Section 2000 The 45th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2001 The 15th Fribourg International Film Festival, Best New Director Award, Best Script Award |
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| 2000 | FLEEING BY NIGHT |
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2000 The 36th Chicago International Film Festival
2000 The 5th Pusan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema Section 2000 The 20th Hawaii International Film Festival 2001 The 46th Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Film Music Award 2001 The 11th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival 2001 The 15th Fribourg International Film Festival 2002 Mardi Gras Film Festival |
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| 2000 | THE CABBIE |
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2000 Golden Horse Awards, Best Supporting Actor Award, Jury Award
2001 The 6th Pusan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema Section 2001 The 21st Hawaii International Film Festival 2001 The 46th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2001 The 11th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival 2001 The 3rd Deauville Panasia Film Festival 2001 The 20th Vancouver International Film Festival 2002 New Port Beach Film Festival 2002 LA Film Festival 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival 2002 San Diego Asian Film Festival |
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| 1999 | March of Happiness |
| 1999 | A CHANCE TO DIE |
| 1997 | Blue Moon |
| 1997 | STONE ON THE CORNER |
| 1997 | FLAME |
