---
name: "Chen Jianyu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chen-jianyu"
fi1m_id: "chen-jianyu"
imdb_id: "nm0155261"
tmdb_id: 146100
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:36:48.139090+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chen Jianyu

## Identity

Chen Jianyu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chen-jianyu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chen-jianyu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0155261
- **TMDB ID:** 146100
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155261/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146100

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155261/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146100

## Biography

Chen Jianyu is a Chinese screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for *Red Sorghum* (1988), directed by Zhang Yimou, with Zhu Wei, adapting stories by Mo Yan.

He had early connections to Fifth Generation directors including Zhang Yimou through the Beijing Film Academy. His other credited work includes the 1990 film *Jing ji zhui bu*. He later joined the Film Association and wrote multiple screenplays.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, laitimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)

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