Leon Dai

Biography

Leon Dai is a Taiwanese film director and actor, born on July 27, 1966, in Taitung County, Taiwan. His ancestral roots trace back to Shandong Province in China, and his father was a refugee who traveled across the Himalayas from India to Taiwan. His family moved to Kaohsiung when he was in the fourth grade. He graduated from the National Institute of the Arts (now Taipei National University of the Arts), majoring in directing. Dai is a multi-talented artist working in film, theater, television, and modern literature, skilled in directing, screenwriting, editing, and acting. In April 1987, while serving his military duty in Kinmen, he learned of his girlfriend Wang Wan-yi's murder by a classmate, a traumatic experience that took him over a decade to process. He won top prizes twice at the Taipei Film Festival and received multiple Golden Horse Awards. His 2009 film "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won numerous awards at international film festivals. In 2014, he was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Lizard Effect" (寒蟬效應).