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Wu Nien-Jen

Name in Native Language: "吳念真" (ZH-HANT)
Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 08/05/1952 (71) | Juifang, Taipei County (Taiwan)
Wu Nien-jen (Chinese: 吳念真; pinyin: Wú Niànzhēn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Liām-chin; born Chinese: 吳文欽; pinyin: Wú Wēnqīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Bûn-khim; 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. He starred in Edward Yang's 2000 film Yi Yi. Wu is a well-known supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party and has filmed commercials for the party. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

When a military contingent of "mythic" Americans arrive for war games in a little farming village in South Taiwan in the late 1960s, a veritable flood of hilarious cultural and linguistic misunderstan ...

Buddha Bless America

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1996 | 2.5/5 | 1h 58min
Comedy
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Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII. ...

A Borrowed Life

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1995 | 3.4/5 | 2h 47min
Drama
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In 1920s Taiwan, Jou, a controversial woman with a tragic past, seeks to change her life after falling for a man named Che. Meanwhile, a man named Wei seeks to buy the freedom of Fumiko, a dying young ...

Hill of No Return

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1992 | 4.1/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, History
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Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers ...

Yi Yi

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2000 | 3.9/5 | 2h 54min
Drama, Kids & Family
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Movies with Wu Nien-Jen as Actor(16)

as (narrator)2023 Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
2023 Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
as Old Egg Boy2016 My Egg Boy
2014 The Boar King
as Master Silly Mortal2013 Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
as Narrator2013 Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
as Tour Bus Driver2006 Island Etude
as N.J.2000 Yi Yi
as Gangster in Black Suit1996 Mahjong
as An Chen-li (as Wenming Chen)1995 Kangaroo Man
as Mr. Wu1989 A City of Sadness
1988 I Love Mary
as Tutor1987 Daughter of the Nile
as Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law1985 My Favorite Season
as Chen1985 Taipei Story
as Piano Tuner1983 That Day, on the Beach

TV Shows/Series with Wu Nien-Jen as Actor(1)

as Chen Ding He2009 The Year of Happiness and Love

Movies with Wu Nien-Jen as Crew(65)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Day Off
Directing/Director2011 10 Plus 10
Production/Executive Producer2009 Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
Writing/Writer1998 Chivalrous Legend
Directing/Director1996 Buddha Bless America
Writing/Writer1996 Buddha Bless America
Writing/Screenplay1995 Super Citizen Ko
Directing/Director1995 A Borrowed Life
Writing/Writer1995 A Borrowed Life
Writing/Screenplay1995 Forever Friends
Writing/Writer1993 The Puppetmaster
Writing/Screenplay1993 End of the Road
Writing/Writer1992 Hill of No Return
Writing/Writer1992 Joe-Goody
Writing/Screenplay1991 Fatal Recall
Writing/Writer1991 Zodiac Killers
Writing/Writer1991 My American Grandson
Writing/Writer1990 Song of the Exile
Writing/Writer1990 Sunless Days
Writing/Screenplay1989 Lessons of the Playground
Writing/Writer1989 A City of Sadness
Writing/Screenplay1989 Honor Thy Father
Writing/Writer1989 The Dull-Ice Flower
Writing/Screenplay1989 Two Painters
Writing/Screenplay1988 Sir, Tell Me Why?
Writing/Writer1988 Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian
Writing/Script Consultant1988 Gangland Odyssey
Writing/Screenplay1988 Gangland Odyssey
Writing/Writer1988 People Between Two China
Writing/Screenplay1987 The Two of Us
Writing/Writer1987 Love Is Grown with Flower
Writing/Writer1987 Osmanthus Alley
Writing/Writer1987 Be My Lovely Child Again
Writing/Writer1986 Dust in the Wind
Writing/Screenplay1986 The Campus Incidents
Writing/Writer1985 Myth of a City
Writing/Screenplay1985 Story of a Bride
Writing/Screenplay1985 The Loser, the Hero
Writing/Screenplay1984 Nature Is Quietly Beautiful
Writing/Writer1984 The Woman of Wrath
Writing/Writer1984 Old Mao's Second Spring
Writing/Screenplay1984 Impending War
Writing/Screenplay1984 North South West East
Writing/Writer1983 That Day, on the Beach
Writing/Screenplay1983 Send in the Clowns
Writing/Writer1983 The Sandwich Man
Writing/Screenplay1983 Traveller
Writing/Writer1983 Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
Writing/Screenplay1983 All the King's Men
Writing/Screenplay1982 The City
Writing/Screenplay1982 I Shall Return
Writing/Screenplay1982 Super Warrior
Writing/Screenplay1982 The Switch
Writing/Screenplay1982 Return of the Electric Love
Writing/Screenplay1982 Taipei Sweet Heart
Writing/Screenplay1982 The Graduation Trip
Writing/Story1982 Portrait of a Fanatic
Writing/Screenplay1981 Classmate
Writing/Screenplay1981 The Merry Couple
Writing/Screenplay1981 Spring Fever
Writing/Screenplay1981 Once We Were Together
Writing/Screenplay1980 Sailing for Tomorrow
Writing/Screenplay1979 Gone with Honor
Writing/Screenplay1979 The Boy Who Refused to Take the Entrance Examination
Writing/Screenplay1979 The Blind Love

Citizenship: Taiwan
Born: Tuesday, 08/05 1952 (August) in Juifang, Taipei County (Taiwan) (current age: 71 years + 266 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Educated at: Fu Jen Catholic University
Children: Wu Ting-chien
Other names for Wu Nien-Jen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"吳念真"
"吳明瑞"
"Wu Ming-swi"
"Nien-Jen Wu"
"Wu Nian-Zhen"
"Wu Niann-Jen"
"N. J. Wu"
"Wu Nien-Chen"
"Ng Lim-Chan"
"Wu Wen-Chin"
"吳文欽"
Wu Nien-Jen frequently works together with these people:
Hou Hsiao-hsien (14x, Crew)
Liao Ching-Sung (13x, Crew)
Edward Yang (10x, Crew)
Yang Li-Yin (9x, Actress)
Ko I-Chen (8x, Actor)
Chen Hwai-En (8x, Crew)
Tu Duu-chih (8x, Crew)
Wang Tung (8x, Crew)
Sylvia Chang (7x, Actress)
Mark Lee Ping-Bing (7x, Crew)
Mei Fang (7x, Actress)
Mei-shiu Lin (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:214450, Added: 07/26/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024