Wu Nien-jen
Biography
Wu Nien-jen (Chinese: 吳念真; born 5 August, 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films, like Edward Yang's film Yi Yi (2000).
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Filmography
Acting (23)
Movies (20)
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2026 Upcomingas (narrator)
May 15
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
2023as (narrator)
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023
Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
2020as Narrator
Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
2020as Self
My Egg Boy
2016as Old Egg Boy
Fly, Kite Fly
2015as Narrator
The Boar King
2014
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
2013as Master Silly Mortal
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
2013as Narrator
Island Etude
2006as Tour Bus Driver
Yi Yi
2000as N.J.
Mahjong
1996as Gangster in Black Suit
Kangaroo Man
1995as An Chen-li
A City of Sadness
1989as Mr. Wu
I Love Mary
1988
Daughter of the Nile
1987as Tutor
Taipei Story
1985as Chen
My Favorite Season
1985as Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
That Day, on the Beach
1983as Piano Tuner
Crew (81)
Movies (81)
Day Off
2023Executive Producer
Beautiful 2013
2013Director
10 Plus 10
2011Director
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
2009Executive Producer
Chivalrous Legend
1998Writer
Buddha Bless America
1996Director
Buddha Bless America
1996Writer
Forever Friends
1995Screenplay
A Borrowed Life
1995Director
A Borrowed Life
1995Writer
Super Citizen Ko
1995Screenplay
The Puppetmaster
1993Writer
End of the Road
1993Screenplay
Hill of No Return
1992Writer
Joe-Goody
1992Writer
Zodiac Killers
1991Writer
My American Grandson
1991Writer
Fatal Recall
1991Screenplay
Sunless Days
1990Writer
Song of the Exile
1990Writer
A City of Sadness
1989Writer
Honor Thy Father
1989Screenplay
Winter Break
1989Screenplay
Two Painters
1989Screenplay
The Dull-Ice Flower
1989Writer
Lessons of the Playground
1989Screenplay
Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian
1988Writer
The Third Bridge
1988Writer
Gangland Odyssey
1988Screenplay
Gangland Odyssey
1988Script Consultant
Sir, Tell Me Why?
1988Screenplay
Autumn Tempest
1988Screenplay
All for Tomorrow
1988Screenplay
Young and Happy School Music
1988Screenplay
Osmanthus Alley
1987Writer
Love Is Grown with Flower
1987Writer
Be My Lovely Child Again
1987Writer
The Two of Us
1987Screenplay
Dust in the Wind
1986Writer
The Campus Incidents
1986Screenplay
Ghost Chasers
1985Screenplay
Myth of a City
1985Writer
Taste of Mercy
1985Writer
One Bright Day
1985Screenplay
Story of a Bride
1985Screenplay
The Loser, the Hero
1985Screenplay
Wu Nu
1985Screenplay
North South West East
1984Screenplay
The Woman of Wrath
1984Writer
Old Mao's Second Spring
1984Writer
The First Stitch
1984Screenplay
Impending War
1984Screenplay
Nature Is Quietly Beautiful
1984Screenplay
Wanpi Nansheng Qiao Nusheng
1984Screenplay
The Sandwich Man
1983Writer
All the King's Men
1983Screenplay
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983Writer
That Day, on the Beach
1983Writer
Send in the Clowns
1983Screenplay
Is Q Still Alive?
1983Screenplay
Traveller
1983Screenplay
Super Warrior
1982Screenplay
Portrait of a Fanatic
1982Story
The City
1982Screenplay
The Switch
1982Screenplay
Taipei Sweet Heart
1982Screenplay
The Graduation Trip
1982Screenplay
Return of the Electric Love
1982Screenplay
A Lily in the Valley
1982Screenplay
I Shall Return
1982Screenplay
Dangerous Seventeen
1982Screenplay
Kuo-Hao Crams for College
1981Screenplay
Spring Fever
1981Screenplay
The Merry Couple
1981Screenplay
Once We Were Together
1981Screenplay
Classmate
1981Screenplay
Young People's Desire
1980Screenplay
Sailing for Tomorrow
1980Screenplay
The Blind Love
1979Screenplay
Gone with Honor
1979Screenplay
The Fellow Who Rejected College
1979Screenplay
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