Writing • AGE 73
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 th...


Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle
(narrator)
2026

Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023

Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
(narrator)
2023

Day Off
Executive Producer
2023

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
Narrator
2020

36 Questions
2020

Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020

My Egg Boy
Old Egg Boy
2016

Fly, Kite Fly
Narrator
2015

The Boar King
2014

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Narrator
2013

Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Master Silly Mortal
2013

Beautiful 2013
Director
2013

10 Plus 10
Director
2011

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
Executive Producer
2009

The Year of Happiness and Love
Chen Ding He
2009

Island Etude
Tour Bus Driver
2006

Yi Yi
N.J.
2000

Chivalrous Legend
Writer
1998

Mahjong
Gangster in Black Suit
1996

Buddha Bless America
Writer
1996

Super Citizen Ko
Screenplay
1995

A Borrowed Life
Writer
1995

Forever Friends
Screenplay
1995

Kangaroo Man
An Chen-li
1995

The Puppetmaster
Writer
1993

End of the Road
Screenplay
1993

Hill of No Return
Writer
1992

Joe-Goody
Writer
1992

My American Grandson
Writer
1991

Zodiac Killers
Writer
1991

Fatal Recall
Screenplay
1991

Song of the Exile
Writer
1990

Sunless Days
Writer
1990

A City of Sadness
Mr. Wu
1989

The Dull-Ice Flower
Writer
1989

Honor Thy Father
Screenplay
1989

Lessons of the Playground
Screenplay
1989

Winter Break
Screenplay
1989

Two Painters
Screenplay
1989

All for Tomorrow
Screenplay
1988

I Love Mary
1988

Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian
Writer
1988

Gangland Odyssey
Screenplay
1988

The Third Bridge
Writer
1988

Autumn Tempest
Screenplay
1988

Sir, Tell Me Why?
Screenplay
1988

Daughter of the Nile
Tutor
1987

Be My Lovely Child Again
Writer
1987

Osmanthus Alley
Writer
1987

Love Is Grown with Flower
Writer
1987

The Two of Us
Screenplay
1987

Dust in the Wind
Writer
1986

The Campus Incidents
Screenplay
1986

Myth of a City
Writer
1985

Ghost Chasers
Screenplay
1985

Taipei Story
Chen
1985

My Favorite Season
Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
1985

Taste of Mercy
Writer
1985

Wu Nu
Screenplay
1985

Story of a Bride
Screenplay
1985

The Loser, the Hero
Screenplay
1985

The First Stitch
Screenplay
1984

The Woman of Wrath
Writer
1984

Old Mao's Second Spring
Writer
1984

Nature Is Quietly Beautiful
Screenplay
1984

North South West East
Screenplay
1984

All the King's Men
Screenplay
1983

The Sandwich Man
Writer
1983

That Day, on the Beach
Piano Tuner
1983

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
Writer
1983

Send in the Clowns
Screenplay
1983

Traveller
Screenplay
1983

Portrait of a Fanatic
Story
1982

I Shall Return
Screenplay
1982

The Switch
Screenplay
1982

Super Warrior
Screenplay
1982

The City
Screenplay
1982

A Lily in the Valley
Screenplay
1982

Spring Fever
Screenplay
1981

The Merry Couple
Screenplay
1981

Classmate
Screenplay
1981

Kuo-Hao Crams for College
Screenplay
1981

Young People's Desire
Screenplay
1980

Sailing for Tomorrow
Screenplay
1980

Gone with Honor
Screenplay
1979

The Blind Love
Screenplay
1979

The Fellow Who Rejected College
Screenplay
1979

Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962