Lai Cheng-ying (; born 29 August 1931) born is a Taiwanese cinematographer and film director. Lai began working for Agriculture Education Motion Pictures. After undergoing further training in color filmmaking in Japan, he returned to Taiwan's

Central Motion Picture Corporation Central Motion Picture Corporation (中央電影事業股份有限公司, or CMPC 中影 in short) is a Taiwanese movie studio. It was established in 1954 as a state-owned media organisation by the then Kuomintang of Taiwan. It has produced movies ...

. Lai is regarded as a pioneer of color filmmaking in Taiwan and has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Color Cinematography in

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

, and

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

, for '' Beautiful Duckling'', ''Stardust'', and '' Execution in Autumn'', respectively. When Lai began directing films, he hired

Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien (; born 8 April 1947) is a Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice ...

as his screenwriter and assistant director. In 2022, Lai shared the Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award with .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Cheng-ying 1931 births Living people Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese cinematographers