Peng Xiaolian

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Peng.

Peng Xiaolian (Chinese: 彭小莲) (born 1953)[1] is a Chinese film director, scriptwriter and author. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Xia is a member of the so-called Fifth Generation, although her style differs from the one of other members of this group.[1]

Biography

Peng Xiaolian was born in Shanghai, the youngest daughter of former Communist cadre Peng Baishan (彭伯山), who was imprisoned as a counterrevolutionay when she was two.[2] Her mother was a translator of film dialogue.[3] In 1968, Peng Xiaolian's father was whipped to death by Red Guards.[4] She was relocated from Shanghai to rural Jiangxi as an "educated youth" and stayed there for nine years. In 1982, she graduated from the Department of Directing of the Beijing Film Academy and started working at the Shanghai Film Studio.[2] In 1989 she went to the United States on a scholarship to pursue an MFA degree at New York University.[1] She returned to Shanghai in 1996.[5]

Selected filmography

As director

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
2007 Storm Under the Sun Documentary about Hu Feng.[4] Co-director with S. Louisa Wei.
2006 Shanghai Rumba 上海伦巴
2004 Shanghai Story 美丽上海 Won four 2004 Golden Rooster Awards, including the Best Picture and Best Director awards.
2002 Shanghai Women 假装没感觉
2001 Red Persimmons 满山红柿 満山紅柿 上山　柿と人とのゆきかい (Manzan Benigaki). Co-director: completed an unfinished documentary by Shinsuke Ogawa.[4] Cultivation of persimmons in the Japanese village of Kaminoyama.[6]
2000 Keke's Magic Umbrella 可可的魔伞 Children's animation.
1998 Once Upon a Time in Shanghai 上海纪事
1996 Love and Murder 犬杀 aka. The Dog Murder[7]
1989 Women's Story 女人的故事
1986 Me and My Classmates 我和我的同学们 Shanghai Film Studio. Won the Best Children's Film award at the 1987 Golden Rooster Awards.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Davis, Edward L. (2005). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. Routledge. pp. 635–636. ISBN 9780415777162. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tan, Ye; Yun Zhu (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9780810867796. 
  3. ↑ Pat Duffy; Liz Leshin (February 8, 1991). "Censored In China, Director Is Happy In N.Y.". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Synopsis of Storm Under the Sun at Blue Queen Cultural Communication website
  5. ↑ Cinematheque 108 at UCLA Asia Institute website
  6. ↑ Synopsys of Red Persimmons at Icarus Films website
  7. ↑ Film review The Dog Murder 犬杀

External links

The Fifth Generation
Beijing Film Academy:
Class of 1982
Associated Figures
Major Works
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