Writer
Wu Nien-jen
74 years · Juifang, Taipei, Taiwan · 85 films
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).
Best known for
Filmography 85
Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle
2026 · (narrator)
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023 · Actor
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
2023 · (narrator)
Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
2020 · Narrator
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 · Actor
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
2013 · Narrator
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
2013 · Master Silly Mortal
On Mometu
Beautiful 2013
2013 · Director
10 Plus 10
2011 · Director
Island Etude
2006 · Tour Bus Driver
Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi
2006 · Producer
Pure Accidents
2000 · Actor
Yi Yi
2000 · NJ
Chivalrous Legend
1998 · Writer
Mahjong
1996 · Gangster in Black Suit
On Criterion Channel
Buddha Bless America
1996 · Director, Writer
Super Citizen Ko
1995 · Screenplay
A Borrowed Life
1995 · Director, Writer
Forever Friends
1995 · Screenplay
Kangaroo Man
1995 · An Chen-li
The Puppetmaster
1993 · Writer