---
name: "Chen Po-Wen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chen-po-wen"
fi1m_id: "chen-po-wen"
imdb_id: "nm0155163"
tmdb_id: 1554166
wikidata_id: "Q15921151"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 91
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T03:08:21.487141+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 Po-Wen

## Identity

Chen Po-Wen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chen-po-wen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chen-po-wen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0155163
- **TMDB ID:** 1554166
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15921151
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15921151, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554166

Editor. Born 1 January 1953 in Tainan, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Tainan, Taiwan
- **Active:** 1991–2000
- **Also known as:** Po-Wen Chen, Chan Bok-Man, Chan Pok-Man, Che Bok-Man, Bor-Wen Chen, Bo-Wen Chen
- **Frequently works with:** [Edward Yang](https://film.one/person/edward-yang.md), [Elaine Jin Yan-Ling](https://film.one/person/elaine-jin-yan-ling.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 90 (1), 2000s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15921151, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554166

## Biography

Chen Po-Wen is a Taiwanese film editor. Born in 1953 in Tainan, he graduated in 1974 from the Department of Radio and Television at the National Taiwan Junior College of Arts. He began working in film as a script clerk and assistant director before becoming an editor under the guidance of Huang Chiu-kuei.

He is known for his work on Edward Yang’s *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991) and *Yi Yi* (2000), as well as *Mahjong* (1996) and *A Confucian Confusion* (1994). Chen has edited more than 150 films and has collaborated with directors including Wei Te-sheng, Cheng Yu-chieh and Chang Tso-chi.

Chen won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film Editing for *Darkness and Light* (1999) and *Do Over* (2006). In 2004 he received the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year award at the Golden Horse Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, taiwancinema.bamid.gov.tw, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Yi Yi* (2000), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

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

- *Boiling Point* (2026), Editor
- *Demon Hunters* (2025), Editor
- *Heaven and Hell* (2025), Editor
- *Blind Love* (2025), Editor
- *Tán-thāi* (2025), Editor
- *Kids* (2024), Editor
- *The Elimination* (2023), Editorial Consultant
- *On the Train* (2023), Executive Producer, Editor
- *Summer* (2022), Editor
- *Final Exam* (2021), Editor
- *Kidnapped Soul* (2021), Editor
- *Oolong Courtyard: Kung Fu School* (2018), Editor
- *Turn Around* (2017), Editor
- *十年，再見楊德昌* (2017), series, as 自己 · Creator
- *The Gangster's Daughter* (2017), Editor
- *Love in Vain* (2016), Editor
- *Rookie Chef* (2016), Editor
- *Face Taiwan* (2015), Editor
- *Elena* (2015), Editor
- *Murmur of the Hearts* (2015), Editor
- *The Missing* (2015), Editor
- *David Loman* (2013), Editor
- *Bear It* (2012), Editor
- *Artemisia* (2008), Editor, Producer
- *Amour-Legende* (2007), Editor
- *The Wall-Passer* (2007), Editor
- *Island Etude* (2006), Editor
- *Do Over* (2006), Editor
- *Fishing Luck* (2005), Editor
- *Taiwan Black Movies* (2005), Editor
- *Stone Dream* (2004), Editor
- *Fancy 25* (2003), Editor, Producer
- *Voice of Waves* (2002), Editor
- *Let's Love Hong Kong* (2002), Editor
- *Human Comedy* (2001), Editor
- *Pure Accidents* (2000), Editor
- *Fleeing by Night* (2000), Editor
- *The Cabbie* (2000), Editor
- *Yi Yi* (2000), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)
- *Darkness and Light* (1999), Editor
- *The Love of Three Oranges* (1999), Editor
- *Grim Guys* (1999), Editor
- *Jam* (1998), Editor
- *Chinese Erotic Ghost Story* (1998), Editor
- *G. Y. Sir* (1998), Editor
- *Such a life* (1997), Editor
- *Ninja Kids* (1997), Editor
- *Sweet Degeneration* (1997), Editor
- *Wolves Cry Under the Moon* (1997), Editor
- *Hi Sir* (1996), Editor
- *Mahjong* (1996), Editor
- *Dangerous Belle* (1996), Editor
- *The Peony Pavilion* (1995), Editor
- *Angel Heart* (1995), Editor
- *Trouble Maker* (1995), Editor
- *Heartbreak Island* (1995), Editor
- *A Confucian Confusion* (1994), Editor
- *Hunting List* (1994), Editor
- *Shaolin Popey* (1994), Editor
- *18* (1993), Editor
- *End of the Road* (1993), Editor
- *Treasure Island* (1993), Editor
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)
- *Bewitched Area of Thousand Years* (1991), Editor
- *Visa to Hell* (1991), Editor
- *Kongfu Kids* (1991), Editor
- *Yellow Rain* (1991), Editor
- *Black Butterfly* (1990), Editor
- *In Die* (1990), Editor
- *Lessons of the Playground* (1989), Editor
- *Boss No Balls* (1989), Editor
- *Summer Holiday 1989* (1989), Editor
- *Spring Swallow* (1989), Editor
- *Rouge of the North* (1988), Editor
- *Neverending Memory* (1988), Editor
- *Friendly Shock* (1988), Editor
- *Tokyo Doll* (1988), Editor
- *Split of the Spirit* (1987), Editor
- *The Wicked Lady* (1987), Editor
- *Black Leopard* (1986), Editor
- *Loves of a Small Town Doctor* (1986), Editor
- *Myth of a City* (1985), Editor
- *Now and Then* (1985), Editor
- *The Widow from Tokyo* (1984), Editor
- *Calamity of Snakes* (1982), Editor
- *Lily Under the Gun* (1982), Editor
- *Queen Bee* (1981), Editor

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