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Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-08-05

Place of Birth

Juifang, Taipei, Taiwan

Wu Nien-jen

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

Golden Horse Awards

Golden Horse Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

36 Questions

36 Questions

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

Yi Yi

Yi Yi

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 a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

The Year of Happiness and Love

The Year of Happiness and Love

Jiang Chen-bo is a loser without prospects for success, until a surprise promotion becomes the catalyst for his entire family's upturn in fortune.

Kangaroo Man

Kangaroo Man

"Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi, Chen Wenmin to participate in the show. The film tells the story of Li Maitian's wife Jane Li because of accidental pregnancy can not, surrogate also failed, Li Maitian decided to get pregnant, in order to achieve and cherish wish.

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.

Mahjong

Mahjong

Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.

Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...

Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...

A video essay on Edward Yang's 2000 film "Yi Yi: A One and a Two..."

That Day, on the Beach

That Day, on the Beach

Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.

That Day, on the Beach

That Day, on the Beach

Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.

Pure Accidents

Pure Accidents

Tak-yuen, a 35-year-old office worker suffering from the seven-year itch, often fantasizes about how wonderful life would be if his wife, Lai-man, simply disappeared. But when she is accidentally kidnapped by a young couple on the run, his life is turned upside down.

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.