Ren Pengnian
{{Short description|Chinese film director (1894–1968)}}
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Ren Pengnian (1894–1968) was a director who created the first standard-length narrative film in China. He started a film company in 1926 called Dongfang Film Studio.{{Cite book|last=Tan|first=Ye|title=Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|year=2012|isbn=9780810879133|pages=46, 104, 116|language=English}}
Ren filmed over forty films during his career as a director. He also starred in some of the films he directed. Ren Pengnian's film, Yan Ruisheng was the first narrative film in China to be of full-length. The movie was based on a real murder that occurred in Shanghai.
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|+Films{{Cite journal|date=1995|title=Feature Films, Operas and Cartoons/Lungometraggi, Film-Opera, Cartoni Animati|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/217723313|journal=Griffithiana|issue= 54|pages=7–54| id={{ProQuest|217723313}} }}{{Cite book|last=Shuk-ting|first=Kinnia Yau|title=Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries: Understanding the Origins of East Asian Film Networks|year=2009|isbn=9780203874271|pages=53, 55|language=English}} !Year !Movie Title |
| 1919
|The Gambler |
| 1919
|The Dilemma |
| 1920
|Li Dashao |
| 1920
|Robbery en Route |
| 1920
|Fierce Backward Glance |
| 1920
|Winning Gold in the Wild Mountains |
| 1920
|Winning First Prize |
| 1921
|A Stupid Son-in-Law's Birthday Greetings |
| 1921
|The Woman of the Wicker House |
| 1921
|Han Da Catches a Thief |
| 1921 |
| 1922
|The Lotus Falls |
| 1922
|Talking Lost Property |
| 1922
|Righteousness before Family |
| 1922
|The Filial Woman's Soup |
| 1922
|An Empty Dream |
| 1922
|The Good Brothers |
| 1923
|Patriotic Umbrella |
| 1923
|By Pine and Cypress |
| 1925
|Misfortune in the Realm of Love |
| 1925
|Stepmother's Tears |
| 1926
|The Tale of Lijing |
| 1926
|A Workman's Wife |
| 1928
|Fang Shiyu Takes Up the Challenge |
| 1928
|Through the Milky Way |
| 1929
|Uproar at Mount Wutai |
| 1927–1928
|The Picture of the Eight Beauties of Jiaxing (3 parts); directed with Ren Yutian and Chen Hanping |
| 1928
|Di Qing Causes Uproar in the Wanhua Tower |
| 1930
|Strange Destiny in the Robber's Lair |
| 1931–1932
|Mistress of the Spear (6 parts) |
| 1931
|The Destruction of Fierce Tiger Town |
| 1931
|The Flying General |
| 1931
|The Heroine Black Peony |
| 1933
|A Real Man |
| 1933
|Her Heart |
| 1933
|Letter Written in Blood |
| 1933
|Secret in the Picture |
| 1933
|Evil Neighbor |
| 1934
|The Person in the Curtains |
| 1935
|Dazed and Crazy |
References
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719103/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm]Ren Pengnian. IMDB.
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