# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wu-nien-jen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:15:51.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wu-nien-jen"
name: "Wu Nien-jen"
slug: "wu-nien-jen"
description: "Wu Nien-jen 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. He starred in Edward Yang's 2000 film Yi Yi. Wu is a well-known supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party and has filmed commercials for the party."
tagline: "Taiwanese scriptwriter, film director and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wu_Nien-jen_(%E5%90%B3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9C%9F)_(cropped)_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.55
  momentum:             3.247810296646001
  historical:           9.450596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/%E5%90%B3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9C%9F-%E6%96%B0%E5%BA%97-104124171314028"
    handle:    "吳念真-新店-104124171314028"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943150/"
    handle:    "nm0943150"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/65921da5-03d3-4cf3-8759-881d076f9dfc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "و نين چين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Nien-jen"
    title: "Wu Nien-jen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Nien-jen"
    title: "Wu Nien-jen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Nien-jen"
    title: "Wu Nien-jen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EB%85%A0%EC%A0%84"
    title: "우녠전"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3_%D0%9D%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "У Няньчжэнь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4%CD%98_Li%C4%81m-chin"
    title: "Ngô͘ Liām-chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9C%9F"
    title: "吳念真"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9C%9F"
    title: "吳念真"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3570139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143036"
    title: "Wu Nien-jen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump