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 (CMPC; ), also known as Zhong Ying () was established in 1954. It was formed through the merger of the Agricultural Educational Film Company and Taiwan Film Corporation. Like the China Television Company and the ...

. 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 First 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 Lynd ...

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

, 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, ...

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

Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien ( zh, t=侯孝賢, poj=Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired 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 mo ...

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

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