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Wu Nien-jen

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Wu Nien-jen

Born Aug 5, 1952 · 73 years100 titles 97 movies · 3 TV
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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).

Also known as

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

Born

Aug 5, 1952

Juifang, Taipei, Taiwan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

24

Acting credits

4

Directing

74

Writing

2

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1962 1 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 5 title(s)

1982 10 title(s)

1983 7 title(s)

1984 7 title(s)

1985 9 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 5 title(s)

1988 8 title(s)

1989 6 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)