Peng Xiaolian | |||||||||||
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彭小莲 | |||||||||||
 Peng Xiaolian in 1989 | |||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1953 | ||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 2019 (aged 65) | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Film Academy | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1982–2018 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 彭小莲 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 彭小蓮 | ||||||||||
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Peng Xiaolian (Chinese: 彭小莲; 26 June 1953 – 19 June 2019) was a Chinese film director, scriptwriter and author. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, she was a member of the Fifth Generation, although her style differed from the other members of this group.[1] She is known for her series of films about Shanghai, including Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1998), which won the Best Picture Award of the Huabiao Awards; Shanghai Story (2004), which won four Golden Rooster Awards including Best Director and Best Picture; and Shanghai Rumba (2006), based on the romance of the movie star couple Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying.