- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- August 5, 1952
- Place of Birth
- Juifang, Taipei, Taiwan
Wu Nien-jen
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).
Filmography
movieFly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle
2026 · (narrator)
movieFree Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023
movieCaring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
2023 · (narrator)
movieDay Off
2023 · Executive Producer
movieTwelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
2020 · Narrator
tv36 Questions
2020
movieWhy Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
2020 · N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMy Egg Boy
2016 · Old Egg Boy
movieFly, Kite Fly
2015 · Narrator
movieThe Boar King
2014
movieBeyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
2013 · Narrator
movieZone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
2013 · Master Silly Mortal
movieBeautiful 2013
2013 · Director
movie10 Plus 10
2011 · Director
movieSomewhere I Have Never Travelled
2009 · Executive Producer
tvThe Year of Happiness and Love
2009 · Chen Ding He
movieIsland Etude
2006 · Tour Bus Driver
movieYi Yi
2000 · N.J.
movieChivalrous Legend
1998 · Writer
movieMahjong
1996 · Gangster in Black Suit
movieBuddha Bless America
1996 · Writer, Director
movieSuper Citizen Ko
1995 · Screenplay
movieA Borrowed Life
1995 · Writer, Director
movieForever Friends
1995 · Screenplay
movieKangaroo Man
1995 · An Chen-li
movieThe Puppetmaster
1993 · Writer
movieEnd of the Road
1993 · Screenplay
movieHill of No Return
1992 · Writer
movieJoe-Goody
1992 · Writer
movieMy American Grandson
1991 · Writer
movieZodiac Killers
1991 · Writer
movieFatal Recall
1991 · Screenplay
movieSong of the Exile
1990 · Writer
movieSunless Days
1990 · Writer
movieA City of Sadness
1989 · Mr. Wu, Writer
movieThe Dull-Ice Flower
1989 · Writer
movieHonor Thy Father
1989 · Screenplay
movieLessons of the Playground
1989 · Screenplay
movieWinter Break
1989 · Screenplay
movieTwo Painters
1989 · Screenplay
movieAll for Tomorrow
1988 · Screenplay
movieI Love Mary
1988
movieLao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian
1988 · Writer
movieGangland Odyssey
1988 · Screenplay, Script Consultant
movieThe Third Bridge
1988 · Writer
movieAutumn Tempest
1988 · Screenplay
Young and Happy School Music
movieYoung and Happy School Music
1988 · Screenplay
movieSir, Tell Me Why?
1988 · Screenplay
movieDaughter of the Nile
1987 · Tutor
movieBe My Lovely Child Again
1987 · Writer
movieOsmanthus Alley
1987 · Writer
movieLove Is Grown with Flower
1987 · Writer
movieThe Two of Us
1987 · Screenplay
movieDust in the Wind
1986 · Writer
movieThe Campus Incidents
1986 · Screenplay
movieMyth of a City
1985 · Writer
movieGhost Chasers
1985 · Screenplay
movieTaipei Story
1985 · Chen
movieMy Favorite Season
1985 · Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
movieTaste of Mercy
1985 · Writer
movieWu Nu
1985 · Screenplay
One Bright Day
movieOne Bright Day
1985 · Screenplay
movieStory of a Bride
1985 · Screenplay
movieThe Loser, the Hero
1985 · Screenplay
movieThe First Stitch
1984 · Screenplay
movieThe Woman of Wrath
1984 · Writer
movieOld Mao's Second Spring
1984 · Writer
movieNature Is Quietly Beautiful
1984 · Screenplay
Wanpi Nansheng Qiao Nusheng
movieWanpi Nansheng Qiao Nusheng
1984 · Screenplay
movieNorth South West East
1984 · Screenplay
Impending War
movieImpending War
1984 · Screenplay
movieAll the King's Men
1983 · Screenplay
movieThe Sandwich Man
1983 · Writer
movieThat Day, on the Beach
1983 · Piano Tuner, Writer
moviePapa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983 · Writer
movieSend in the Clowns
1983 · Screenplay
Is Q Still Alive?
movieIs Q Still Alive?
1983 · Screenplay
movieTraveller
1983 · Screenplay
moviePortrait of a Fanatic
1982 · Story
movieI Shall Return
1982 · Screenplay
movieThe Switch
1982 · Screenplay
Dangerous Seventeen
movieDangerous Seventeen
1982 · Screenplay
movieSuper Warrior
1982 · Screenplay
Taipei Sweet Heart
movieTaipei Sweet Heart
1982 · Screenplay
Return of the Electric Love
movieReturn of the Electric Love
1982 · Screenplay
movieThe City
1982 · Screenplay
The Graduation Trip
movieThe Graduation Trip
1982 · Screenplay
movieA Lily in the Valley
1982 · Screenplay
movieSpring Fever
1981 · Screenplay
movieThe Merry Couple
1981 · Screenplay
movieClassmate
1981 · Screenplay
movieKuo-Hao Crams for College
1981 · Screenplay
Once We Were Together
movieOnce We Were Together
1981 · Screenplay
movieYoung People's Desire
1980 · Screenplay
movieSailing for Tomorrow
1980 · Screenplay
movieGone with Honor
1979 · Screenplay
movieThe Blind Love
1979 · Screenplay
movieThe Fellow Who Rejected College
1979 · Screenplay
tvGolden Horse Awards
1962 · Self