- Cheng-Ying Lai was born on August 29, 1931 in Taichung, Taiwan. Cheng-Ying was a cinematographer and director, known for Execution in Autumn (1972), Beautiful Duckling (1965) and Cui hu han (1976). Cheng-Ying died on April 18, 2026 in Taiwan.
- He won three Golden Horse Awards for Best Cinematography for "The Duck Farmer," "The Stars Gather," and "Autumn Finale,".
- Lai Cheng-ying was a Taiwanese cinematographer who received the Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.
- In 2022 he received the Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award. When he accepted the award at the age of 91, he said, "Although I am old and my physical strength is not as good as before, I love movies as much as everyone else, and I will continue to work with everyone to move forward for movies.".
- When Lai began directing films, he hired Hou Hsiao-hsien as his screenwriter and assistant director.
- He entered the film industry in the 1950s, working his way up from camera assistant to cinematographer and then to director.
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