Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee announced on August 4th that veteran director Wu Nien-Jen will lead the Jury of the 54th Golden Horse Awards. Wu is a renowned artist with multi-talents across cinema, literature, television, stage, radio, advertisement and music. He also expressed great enthusiasm in observing the style and viewpoints of the next-gen filmmakers with this opportunity. With the invitation to be the Chair, Wu modestly joked about himself as being "Senior" enough to hold that title.

Wu firstly joined the film industry as a writer, with twelve nods of Golden Horse Awards for Best Scriptwriting, and won five of them, tying the record in the category with last year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Chang Yung-Hsiang. Wu's winning titles are: Tong Ban Tong Xue (1981), Old Mao's Second Spring (1984), The Two of Us (1986), Song of the Exile (1990), and Hill of No Return (1992). He won the sixth award, Best Original Song, for the lyrics he wrote for Osmanthus Alley (1987). In addition to the six official Golden Horse Awards, Wu's directorial debut A Borrowed Life (1994) also grabbed Audience Choice Award; he was also invited by the Committee to direct in 10+10 (2011), along with other nineteen directors. Wu's diverse expertise has won him Golden Melody Awards, Golden Bell Awards, and Golden Tripod Awards.

The 54th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony will take place on November 25th, 2017 at National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Nominees and all the jury members will be announced on October 1st.