Wu Nien-jen
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday5 August 1952 (74 years old)
Place of birthJuifang, Taipei, Taiwan
Known credits100
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).
Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle
2026 · (narrator)
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
2023 · (narrator)
Day Off
2023 · Executive Producer
Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
2020 · Narrator
36 Questions
2020
Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
2020 · N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Egg Boy
2016 · Old Egg Boy
Fly, Kite Fly
2015 · Narrator
The Boar King
2014
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
2013 · Narrator
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
2013 · Master Silly Mortal
Beautiful 2013
2013 · Director
10 Plus 10
2011 · Director
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
2009 · Executive Producer
The Year of Happiness and Love
2009 · Chen Ding He
Island Etude
2006 · Tour Bus Driver
Pure Accidents
2000
Yi Yi
2000 · NJ
Chivalrous Legend
1998 · Writer
Mahjong
1996 · Gangster in Black Suit
Buddha Bless America
1996 · Writer
Buddha Bless America
1996 · Director
Super Citizen Ko
1995 · Screenplay
A Borrowed Life
1995 · Writer
A Borrowed Life
1995 · Director
Forever Friends
1995 · Screenplay
Kangaroo Man
1995 · An Chen-li
The Puppetmaster
1993 · Writer
End of the Road
1993 · Screenplay
Hill of No Return
1992 · Writer
Joe-Goody
1992 · Writer
My American Grandson
1991 · Writer
Zodiac Killers
1991 · Writer
Fatal Recall
1991 · Screenplay
Song of the Exile
1990 · Writer
Sunless Days
1990 · Writer
A City of Sadness
1989 · Mr. Wu
A City of Sadness
1989 · Writer
The Dull-Ice Flower
1989 · Writer
Honor Thy Father
1989 · Screenplay
Lessons of the Playground
1989 · Screenplay
Winter Break
1989 · Screenplay
Two Painters
1989 · Screenplay
All for Tomorrow
1988 · Screenplay
I Love Mary
1988
Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian
1988 · Writer
Gangland Odyssey
1988 · Screenplay
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