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Wu Nien-jen (Chinese: 吳念真; pinyin: Wú Niànzhēn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Liām-chin; born Chinese: 吳文欽; pinyin: Wú Wēnqīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Bûn-khim; 5 August 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer.
Wu Nien Jen is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director and actor. After writing his first screenplay in 1978, Wu Nien Jen became a leading member of Taiwan's New Wave Cinema movement throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Nien-Jen Wu. Writer: A Borrowed Life. Wu Nien-Jen was born in a coal miner's family in 1952. He started writing short stories for newspapers in 1975, when he was still an accounting majored college student.
Trailblazing director and screenwriter Nien Jen Wu is the pioneer of New Taiwanese Cinema. Director Nien Jen Wu continues to showcase his revolutionary approach to screenwriting and filmmaking through his production company, Wu’s Productions.
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).
Name: 吳念真 / Wu Nien Jen (Wu Nian Zhen) Real name: 吳文欽 / Wu Wen Qin; Profession: Actor, director, screenwriter; Birthdate: 1952-Aug-05 (age 71) Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan; Family: Son Wu Ding Qian (吳定謙) TV Shows. Xing Fu Bu Er Jia (TTV, 2016) The Year of Happiness and Love (TTV, 2009) External Links. Chinese Wikipedia; IMDb
September 13–21, 2008. The Taiwan Stories of Edward Yang and Wu Nien-jen. One of the wonders of late 20th century world cinema was the sudden wave of extremely talented directors who emerged in Taiwan during the 1980s, an incredible efflorescence that essentially reinvented a national cinema where only its pale shadow had previously existed.
With his 1994 debut, the Taiwanese writer-director Wu Nien-jen looks back at his memories of paternal love as if through squinted eyes. The opening shot of A Borrowed Life is unabashedly nostalgic: the outline of a man polishing his shoes, almost imperceptible behind a gauze of soft focus.
