Portrait of Wu Nien-jen

Writing

Wu Nien-jen

Career

Active from 1979 to 2026, busiest in 1982 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Taipei Story
Taipei Story
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wu Nien-jen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.7
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Mystery
    2.7, average 3.9
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Taiwanese Cinema 7
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Melancholy 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Wildlife Conservation 2
  • Taiwanese History 2
  • Taiwanese Drama 2
  • Intimate 2
  • Emotional 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 69
Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2026)

as (narrator)

Day Off
Day Off (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill (2023)

as (narrator)

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero (2020)

as Narrator

Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...
Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two... (2020)

as N.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)

36 Questions
36 Questions (2020)

TV show

2010s

6 titles · average score 68
My Egg Boy
My Egg Boy (2016)

as Old Egg Boy

Fly, Kite Fly
Fly, Kite Fly (2015)

as Narrator

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

as Narrator

Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

as Master Silly Mortal

Beautiful 2013
Beautiful 2013 (2013)

Director

10 Plus 10
10 Plus 10 (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

2000s

5 titles · average score 74
The Year of Happiness and Love
The Year of Happiness and Love (2009)

TV show · as Chen Ding He

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

Executive Producer

Island Etude
Island Etude (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Tour Bus Driver

Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi
Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi (2006)

Producer

Yi Yi
Yi Yi (2000)
GoodWatch score 89

as NJ

1990s

16 titles · average score 70
Super Citizen Ko
Super Citizen Ko (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

Forever Friends
Forever Friends (1995)

Screenplay

Kangaroo Man
Kangaroo Man (1995)

as An Chen-li

A Borrowed Life
A Borrowed Life (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

The Puppetmaster
The Puppetmaster (1993)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer

End of the Road
End of the Road (1993)

Screenplay

Hill of No Return
Hill of No Return (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer

Zodiac Killers
Zodiac Killers (1991)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

My American Grandson
My American Grandson (1991)

Writer

Fatal Recall
Fatal Recall (1991)

Screenplay

Song of the Exile
Song of the Exile (1990)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Sunless Days
Sunless Days (1990)

Writer

1980s

60 titles · average score 78
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mr. Wu

The Dull-Ice Flower
The Dull-Ice Flower (1989)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer

Daughter of the Nile
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
GoodWatch score 87

as Tutor

Osmanthus Alley
Osmanthus Alley (1987)

Writer

Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind (1986)
GoodWatch score 89

Writer

Taipei Story
Taipei Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 89

as Chen

The Woman of Wrath
The Woman of Wrath (1984)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach (1983)
GoodWatch score 82

as Piano Tuner

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

All the King's Men
All the King's Men (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

Portrait of a Fanatic
Portrait of a Fanatic (1982)

Story

1970s

3 titles
The Fellow Who Rejected College
The Fellow Who Rejected College (1979)

Screenplay

Gone with Honor
Gone with Honor (1979)

Screenplay

The Blind Love
The Blind Love (1979)

Screenplay