Biography
Peng Xiaolian (simplified Chinese: 彭小莲; traditional Chinese: 彭小蓮; born 1953) is a Chinese film director, scriptwriter and author. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, she is a member of the so-called Fifth Generation, although her style differs from the other members of this group. Upon graduation from Beijing Film Academy in 1982, Peng was assigned to work in Shanghai Film Studio, where she first worked as an assistant director. Only three years later, she was given a teen...
Complete Filmography
Please Remember Me
2017
Director
A young actress, successful in her small hometown, seeks fame and fortune in the big city. She goes to live with a friend, who is currently making a f...
The Red Race
2008
Art Direction
The Red Race recounts the stories of several Chinese children-gymnasts who (are forced to) dream of becoming famous athletes. The 6-year-olds at the L...
Kids in Shanghai
2008
Director, Writer
Storm Under the Sun
2007
Director, Writer
Storm Under the Sun is a documentary about one of the "political storms" by Mao Zedong that fell upon the intellectuals of China in the 50's. Centered...
A Piece of Heaven: Preliminary Documents
2006
Producer
Documentary on Professor Situ Zhaodun of the Beijing Film Academy
Shanghai Rumba
2006
Director
Wanyu (Yuan Quan) has married into a wealthy family but is irresistibly drawn into the world of the movies and famous actor Ah Chuan.
Shanghai Story
2004
Writer, Director
The film follows the rise and fall of a family in Shanghai. Once wealthy and capitalist, the family unraveled during the Cultural Revolution in the 19...
Shanghai Women
2002
Director, Writer
After Women’s Story, Peng returns to the most straightforward representation of women’s issues in Shanghai Women, a film about three rural women. As t...
Red Persimmons
2001
Director, Editor
The ostensible subject of this film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabi...
Keke's Magic Umbrella
2000
Director
2000 film
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
1998
Director, Writer
The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown, Shanghai...
The Dog Homicide
1996
Director
A ballet director is killed by his own dog, the police believes that it is a murder.
Women's Story
1989
Director
Women’s Story was the first work to garner international acclaim for Peng Xiaolian. It is about three women living in China’s northern countryside and...
Me and My Classmates
1986
Director
Children’s film from Peng Xiaolian.