Wu Nien-jen
- Writing
- August 5, 1952 · Juifang, Taipei, Taiwan
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle · (narrator)
- Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
- Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill · (narrator)
- Day Off · Executive producer
- Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero · Narrator
- 36 Questions
- Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two... · N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
- My Egg Boy · Old Egg Boy
- Fly, Kite Fly · Narrator
- The Boar King
- Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above · Narrator
- Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast · Master Silly Mortal
- Beautiful 2013 · Director
- 10 Plus 10 · Director
- Somewhere I Have Never Travelled · Executive producer
- The Year of Happiness and Love · Chen Ding He
- Island Etude · Tour Bus Driver
- Pure Accidents
- Yi Yi · NJ
- Chivalrous Legend · Writer
- Mahjong · Gangster in Black Suit
- Buddha Bless America · Writer, Director
- Super Citizen Ko · Screenplay
- A Borrowed Life · Writer, Director
- Forever Friends · Screenplay
- Kangaroo Man · An Chen-li
- The Puppetmaster · Writer
- End of the Road · Screenplay
- Hill of No Return · Writer
- Joe-Goody · Writer
- My American Grandson · Writer
- Zodiac Killers · Writer
- Fatal Recall · Screenplay
- Song of the Exile · Writer
- Sunless Days · Writer
- A City of Sadness · Mr. Wu, Writer
- The Dull-Ice Flower · Writer
- Honor Thy Father · Screenplay
- Lessons of the Playground · Screenplay
- Winter Break · Screenplay
- Two Painters · Screenplay
- All for Tomorrow · Screenplay
- I Love Mary
- Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian · Writer
- Gangland Odyssey · Screenplay, Script Consultant
- The Third Bridge · Writer
- Autumn Tempest · Screenplay
- Young and Happy School Music · Screenplay
- Sir, Tell Me Why? · Screenplay
- Daughter of the Nile · Tutor
- Be My Lovely Child Again · Writer
- Osmanthus Alley · Writer
- Love Is Grown with Flower · Writer
- The Two of Us · Screenplay
- Dust in the Wind · Writer
- The Campus Incidents · Screenplay
- Myth of a City · Writer
- Ghost Chasers · Screenplay
- Taipei Story · Chen
- My Favorite Season · Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
- Taste of Mercy · Writer
- Wu Nu · Screenplay
- One Bright Day · Screenplay
- Story of a Bride · Screenplay
- The Loser, the Hero · Screenplay
- The First Stitch · Screenplay
- The Woman of Wrath · Writer
- Old Mao's Second Spring · Writer
- Nature Is Quietly Beautiful · Screenplay
- Wanpi Nansheng Qiao Nusheng · Screenplay
- North South West East · Screenplay
- Impending War · Screenplay
- All the King's Men · Screenplay
- The Sandwich Man · Writer
- That Day, on the Beach · Piano Tuner, Writer
- Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? · Writer
- Send in the Clowns · Screenplay
- Is Q Still Alive? · Screenplay
- Traveller · Screenplay
- Portrait of a Fanatic · Story