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Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

1952-08-05

Juifang, Taipei County, Taiwan

Age: 73

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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).

Best known for:

Yi Yi

A City of Sadness

Taipei Story

Dust in the Wind

That Day, on the Beach

The Puppetmaster

Hill of No Return

Mahjong

The Sandwich Man

Daughter of the Nile

Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Song of the Exile

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?

A Borrowed Life

Day Off

All the King's Men

Zodiac Killers

Super Citizen Ko

Island Etude

The Dull-Ice Flower

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

10 Plus 10

Osmanthus Alley

Buddha Bless America

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Filmography:

The Blind Love (1979)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Fellow Who Rejected College (1979)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Gone with Honor (1979)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Sailing for Tomorrow (1980)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Young People's Desire (1980)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Merry Couple (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Spring Fever (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Kuo-Hao Crams for College (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Classmate (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Portrait of a Fanatic (1982)
WORK AS:
Story
I Shall Return (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Switch (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The City (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Super Warrior (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
A Lily in the Valley (1982)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Sandwich Man (1983)
WORK AS:
Writer

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All the King's Men (1983)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)
WORK AS:
Writer
Send in the Clowns (1983)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Traveller (1983)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Woman of Wrath (1984)
WORK AS:
Writer
Old Mao's Second Spring (1984)
WORK AS:
Writer
The First Stitch (1984)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Nature Is Quietly Beautiful (1984)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
North South West East (1984)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Taipei Story (1985)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Chen
The Loser, the Hero (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
My Favorite Season (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
Ghost Chasers (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Myth of a City (1985)
WORK AS:
Writer
Taste of Mercy (1985)
WORK AS:
Writer
Wu Nu (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Story of a Bride (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Dust in the Wind (1986)
6.4
WORK AS:
Writer
The Campus Incidents (1986)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Tutor
Osmanthus Alley (1987)
WORK AS:
Writer
Love Is Grown with Flower (1987)
WORK AS:
Writer
Be My Lovely Child Again (1987)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Two of Us (1987)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Gangland Odyssey (1988)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Script Consultant
Sir, Tell Me Why? (1988)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Third Bridge (1988)
WORK AS:
Writer
Autumn Tempest (1988)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian (1988)
WORK AS:
Writer
All for Tomorrow (1988)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
A City of Sadness (1989)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Wu
WORK AS:
Writer
The Dull-Ice Flower (1989)
WORK AS:
Writer
Lessons of the Playground (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Two Painters (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Honor Thy Father (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Winter Break (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Song of the Exile (1990)
WORK AS:
Writer
Sunless Days (1990)
WORK AS:
Writer
Zodiac Killers (1991)
WORK AS:
Writer
My American Grandson (1991)
WORK AS:
Writer
Fatal Recall (1991)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Hill of No Return (1992)
WORK AS:
Writer
Joe-Goody (1992)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Puppetmaster (1993)
5.3
WORK AS:
Writer
End of the Road (1993)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
A Borrowed Life (1995)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Super Citizen Ko (1995)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Forever Friends (1995)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Kangaroo Man (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
An Chen-li
Mahjong (1996)
APPEREAD AS:
Gangster in Black Suit
Buddha Bless America (1996)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Chivalrous Legend (1998)
WORK AS:
Writer
Yi Yi (2000)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
N.J.
Island Etude (2006)
APPEREAD AS:
Tour Bus Driver
The Year of Happiness and Love (2009)
APPEREAD AS:
Chen Ding He
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled (2009)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
10 Plus 10 (2011)
WORK AS:
Director
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
Master Silly Mortal
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Beautiful 2013 (2013)
WORK AS:
Director
Fly, Kite Fly (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
My Egg Boy (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
Old Egg Boy
Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero (2020)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Day Off (2023)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
(narrator)

Wu Nien-jen - Profile - Filmography