The High-Tech Backlot of Asia
Taiwan is a cinematic hidden gem, offering a rare combination of first-world infrastructure, diverse natural beauty, and a deeply experienced crew base. It is a “chameleon” territory that can seamlessly double for Japan, mainland China, or even a futuristic sci-fi metropolis, all within a compact and safe environment.
The Production Reality:
Technical Excellence: Taiwan is home to world-leading Virtual Production (VP) and LED volume stages, reflecting its status as a global tech hub. Local crews are highly technical, disciplined, and increasingly multilingual, having serviced major auteurs like Martin Scorsese (Silence) and Luc Besson (Lucy).
Efficiency & Safety: Unlike many other Asian hubs, Taiwan offers a highly predictable legal and administrative environment. Permitting is transparent, and the country’s High-Speed Rail allows you to move a crew from the northern capital to the southern ports in under two hours.
The Incentive Landscape: Taiwan offers a highly selective cash rebate to foreign projects and additional grants for co-production.
Our Role: Our local team doesn’t just “fix”; we integrate. We are well-versed in tapping into Taiwan’s specialized industrial resources—from sourcing military-grade hardware for features to securing the latest robotic camera tech for high-end commercials. We navigate the dual-layer incentive system (National + City-level) to ensure that while you capture the unique “Taiwan look,” you don’t miss available local subsidies.
Contact us directly with details about your next project.
NETFLIX | DAREDEVIL
Production Service in Taiwan
Client: Netflix
Campaign: Daredevil
Director: Jonathan Pearson
DoP: Pete Bathurst and Mike Simpson
Agency: We Are Social
Agency Producer: Alaina Olsen
Production Company: Unit9
Producer: Sally Mulligan & Nurjan Nevzat
Production Service: Cat & Mouse and Nicocorp
Location: Taipei, Taiwan; and Paris, France
Tiger Cheng
Click to Email
Tiger got his first foothold in commercial film production as a camera assistant in Beijing. Commercial and long format shoots in China’s capital city and Shanghai provided ample …
[cont.] opportunity for Tiger to work his way up the ranks and transition from tech into production.
Educated at University of California Berkeley, Tiger soon launched his own production and service company based in Shanghai. Clients including Google, Riot Games, Wired Magazine, Netflix and Oppo have relied on his capacity to bridge East and West to successfully carry out their productions.
163 Puhuitang Rd. Building 2, Room 2901
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China, 200000
Click to Email
We service productions in
