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).

Filmography

• 2026Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle — (narrator)
• 2023Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill — (narrator)
• 2023Day Off — Executive Producer
• 2023Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
• 36 Questions
• 2020Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero — Narrator
• 2020Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two... — N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2016My Egg Boy — Old Egg Boy
• 2015Fly, Kite Fly — Narrator
• 2014The Boar King
• 2013Beautiful 2013 — Director
• 2013Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above — Narrator
• 2013Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast — Master Silly Mortal
• 201110 Plus 10 — Director
• 2009Somewhere I Have Never Travelled — Executive Producer
• The Year of Happiness and Love — Chen Ding He
• 2006Island Etude — Tour Bus Driver
• 2000Pure Accidents
• 2000Yi Yi — NJ
• 1998Chivalrous Legend — Writer
• 1996Buddha Bless America — Director, Writer
• 1996Mahjong — Gangster in Black Suit
• 1995A Borrowed Life — Director, Writer
• 1995Forever Friends — Screenplay
• 1995Kangaroo Man — An Chen-li
• 1995Super Citizen Ko — Screenplay
• 1993End of the Road — Screenplay
• 1993The Puppetmaster — Writer
• 1992Hill of No Return — Writer
• 1992Joe-Goody — Writer
• 1991Fatal Recall — Screenplay
• 1991My American Grandson — Writer
• 1991Zodiac Killers — Writer
• 1990Song of the Exile — Writer
• 1990Sunless Days — Writer
• 1989A City of Sadness — Mr. Wu, Writer
• 1989Honor Thy Father — Screenplay
• 1989Lessons of the Playground — Screenplay
• 1989The Dull-Ice Flower — Writer
• 1989Two Painters — Screenplay
• 1989Winter Break — Screenplay
• 1988All for Tomorrow — Screenplay
• 1988Autumn Tempest — Screenplay
• 1988Gangland Odyssey — Screenplay, Script Consultant
• 1988I Love Mary
• 1988Lao ke de zui hou yi ge chun tian — Writer
• 1988Sir, Tell Me Why? — Screenplay
• 1988The Third Bridge — Writer
• 1988Young and Happy School Music — Screenplay
• 1987Be My Lovely Child Again — Writer
• 1987Daughter of the Nile — Tutor
• 1987Love Is Grown with Flower — Writer
• 1987Osmanthus Alley — Writer
• 1987The Two of Us — Screenplay
• 1986Dust in the Wind — Writer
• 1986The Campus Incidents — Screenplay
• 1985Ghost Chasers — Screenplay
• 1985My Favorite Season — Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
• 1985Myth of a City — Writer
• 1985One Bright Day — Screenplay
• 1985Story of a Bride — Screenplay
• 1985Taipei Story — Chen
• 1985Taste of Mercy — Writer
• 1985The Loser, the Hero — Screenplay
• 1985Wu Nu — Screenplay
• 1984Impending War — Screenplay
• 1984Nature Is Quietly Beautiful — Screenplay
• 1984North South West East — Screenplay
• 1984Old Mao's Second Spring — Writer
• 1984The First Stitch — Screenplay
• 1984The Woman of Wrath — Writer
• 1984Wanpi Nansheng Qiao Nusheng — Screenplay
• 1983All the King's Men — Screenplay
• 1983Is Q Still Alive? — Screenplay
• 1983Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? — Writer
• 1983Send in the Clowns — Screenplay
• 1983That Day, on the Beach — Piano Tuner, Writer
• 1983The Sandwich Man — Writer
• 1983Traveller — Screenplay
• 1982A Lily in the Valley — Screenplay
• 1982Dangerous Seventeen — Screenplay
• 1982I Shall Return — Screenplay
• 1982Portrait of a Fanatic — Story
• 1982Return of the Electric Love — Screenplay
• 1982Super Warrior — Screenplay
• 1982Taipei Sweet Heart — Screenplay
• 1982The City — Screenplay
• 1982The Graduation Trip — Screenplay
• 1982The Switch — Screenplay
• 1981Classmate — Screenplay
• 1981Kuo-Hao Crams for College — Screenplay
• 1981Once We Were Together — Screenplay
• 1981Spring Fever — Screenplay
• 1981The Merry Couple — Screenplay
• 1980Sailing for Tomorrow — Screenplay
• 1980Young People's Desire — Screenplay
• 1979Gone with Honor — Screenplay
• 1979The Blind Love — Screenplay
• 1979The Fellow Who Rejected College — Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Golden Horse Awards — Self