Born in 1969, Te-Sheng's film career began when he got a job in a small production house. Then he became an assistant in Edward Yang's film studio in 1995. When Yang was filming "Mahjong" (1996), he was promoted to assistant director from a grip assistant. From 1995 to 1998, he had shot shorts including "Face in the Evening" (1995), "Three Dialogues" (1996) and "Before Dawn" (1997), and all three films had won Golden Harvest Award for Film and Digital Video. Moreover, his 1999 16 mm film "About July" won great reviews from film critics in Taiwan, and was honored with a Special Mention from the Alcan Dragons And Tigers Award For Young Cinema at the Vancouver International Film Festival. He was also the associate producer of "Double Vision" (2002), produced by Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia. In 2004, he raised 2.5 million NT dollars by himself and shot the teaser of "Seediq Bale," in order to further raise 200 million dollars for the finance of shooting the complete film. He is good at manipulating dramatic elements and shaping characters, which create more tension and levels in his films. Moreover, to overcome the predicament of unable to produce big budget films, which is due to the restricted finance in Taiwan's film industry, he always endeavors to prove the talent and ability of Taiwanese filmmakers. Although he failed to raise the money needed to shoot "Seediq Bale," the vast scenery and epic atmosphere presented in the film teaser surprised and amazed the film circle in Taiwan. This shows his unquestionable ability to create films. "Cape No. 7" is the highest grossing film ever produced in Taiwan surpassing even Ang Lee's "Lust: Caution" and "Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon" and is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing film ever in Taiwanese box-office history. "Cape No. 7" is also the winner of the Grand Prize of the 2008 Taipei Award, the winner of Grand Prize of the 4th Asian Marine Film Festival in Japan as well as the winner of Best Narrative Feature of 28th Hawaii International Film Festival.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 16, 1969 (57)
- Tainan, Taiwan
- Director, writer, actor and producer, also editor
- 6 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Known for
What are Te-Sheng Wei's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 5
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Te-Sheng Wei's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Te-Sheng Wei's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Last Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Where We Sit Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Big(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
New Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
On Happiness Road(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
十年，再見楊德昌 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
52Hz, I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Kano(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
10 Plus 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Cape No. 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Double Vision(2002)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
About July (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Before Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
對話三部 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Siraya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
未盡之路 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 16 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.
Film career
- 2018Screen debut· On Happiness Road
How do Te-Sheng Wei's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Te-Sheng Wei work with?
People who share at least 2 of Te-Sheng Wei's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Umin Boya shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Umin BoyaShared titles: Big (2023), Kano (2014), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Umin Boya
- Bor-Jeng ChenShared titles: Big (2023), On Happiness Road (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Bor-Jeng Chen
- Hui-Jen LiaoShared titles: Big (2023), On Happiness Road (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Hui-Jen Liao
- Rose YuShared titles: Big (2023), Kano (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Rose Yu
Cinematographers and editors
- Milk SuShared titles: Big (2023), Kano (2014), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Milk Su
- Ting-chang ChinShared titles: Kano (2014), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Ting-chang Chin
Producers
- Chih-ming HuangShared titles: Kano (2014), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011), Double Vision (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Chih-ming Huang
- Edward Chi-yun YiShared titles: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Chi-yun Yi
- Emile Chihjen ShengShared titles: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Emile Chihjen Sheng
- Fong-Chou HowShared titles: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Fong-Chou How