Peng Sanyuan (Chinese: 彭三源), born Peng Mingyan (Chinese: 彭名燕), is a Chinese female film director, a writer from mainland China, a screenwriter of film and television works, and a member of the China Writers Association.

Peng Sanyuan
彭三源
Born
Peng Mingyan
Alma materCapital Normal University, Beijing Film Academy
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Years active2000 - present

Biography

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Early life and education

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As a child born in the countryside, Peng Sanyuan's family was poor. Her mother had to go over the mountains to relatives' homes to "borrow food". Peng's childhood did not reveal her talent for writing, and she did not receive a prize from the school for writing a runaway essay in a joint examination. After that, she wrote her first essay "My Mother in the North".

Peng Sanyuan graduated from the Department of Educational Psychology, Capital Normal University in 1992. In 2002, she graduated from the director training class of Beijing Film Academy.

Writing

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Peng is the author of a collection of essays Bitter Water Roses[1] (Chinese: 苦水玫瑰, Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House, 1996) and the novel Beijing Life (Chinese: 北京生活, Writers Publishing House, 1996). In August 2000, Peng cooperated with Wong Liankwai on This is family life (Chinese:今生是亲人, 2000).

Career

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After Peng graduated from the director training class of Beijing Film Academy, she was assigned to teach in a middle school with her main occupation and her secondary occupation being writing.

In March 2011, she signed a contract with Huayi Brothers and set up her own film production studio, officially becoming a film and television producer.[2]

Film and television work

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In 1999, her screenwriting and producing credits include TV series I'm a Relative in This Life (Chinese: 今生是亲人, 2000). In 2000, she was the scriptwriter of the period romance Nine Nine Return to One (Chinese: 九九归一, 2000), which tells the life of a pair of half-brothers who walk with the century, one master and one servant, through a century of changes and sorrow. In 2001, she co-wrote the screenplay for the urban romance Urban Beauty (Chinese: 都市丽人行, 2001), directed by Li Jiaqi. And in 2002, Peng wrote the screenplay for the TV series Back of the Palm (Chinese: 手心手背, 2002), which co-starred Zhuang Xin, Fang Bin and Liu Chang. In the same year, She wrote the screenplay for the plot film Bonus, directed by He Jianjun.

In 2004, he was the scriptwriter of the urban romantic drama Blue Bird Sky (Chinese: 青鸟的天空, 2004), which is about the seemingly mundane emotional entanglements between several young men and women in a modern city. In the same year, she was the scriptwriter of the TV series Begonia Still (Chinese: 海棠依旧, 2016), which was based on the book My Uncle Zhou Enlai written by Zhou Bingde. In 2005, she was the scriptwriter of the family drama Halfway Couples (Chinese: 半路夫妻, 2004), directed by Liu Huining, for which she was shortlisted for the Best Screenplay Award at the 13th Shanghai TV Festival.[3] In 2006, she was the scriptwriter of the urban emotional drama Close to You & Make Me Warm (Chinese: 靠近你,温暖我, 2006), which is about three women in an abnormal emotional state, how they step by step get out of their psychological difficulties, find their emotions again and transcend themselves.[citation needed] On December 18, 2006, she was the scriptwriter of the military suspense spy drama The Guest on the Iceberg (Chinese: 冰山上的来客,2006), which was adapted from the 1963 film of the same name.[citation needed]

On 1 March 2007, she co-wrote the drama Brothers (Chinese: 亲兄热弟, 2007), starring Zhang Guo and Chen Jianbin.[4] In 2009, she co-wrote the drama You'll Never Walk Alone (Chinese:你永远不会孤行, 2009), starring Zhao Ziqi, Liu Yun and Niu Qingfeng. In 2010, on 19 October, she co-wrote the drama You Are My Brother (Chinese:你是我兄弟, 2009), directed by Liu Huining.[5]

On 11 December 2011, she was the scriptwriter of the family drama People to Forty (Chinese:人到四十, 2011), directed by Pang Hao.[6] On 23 July 2012, she was the producer of the school youth drama Youth Code (Chinese:青春守则, 2012), which started production in Xiamen. In the same year, she was the scriptwriter of the urban police drama No Thief (Chinese:无贼, 2012) with Geng Xuhong and Zhu Yan, which tells the story of a tangled couple of thieves and the family of the police station chief. In 2014, she was the scriptwriter of the love family drama Love in the Left and Right Hand (Chinese: 左手亲情右手爱, 2014), which tells the story of two families in the 1970s and their "misplaced" emotions for more than 30 years.[7]

After learning about the large numbers of missing children lost to human trafficking in China, she wrote and directed her first film Lost and Love (Lost Orphan in the original Chinese title) a Mandarin-language film produced by Huayi Brothers. The film starred award-winning Hong Kong actor Andy Lau and portrayed a farmer's search for his missing son. Sandra Ng had a cameo appearance as a child trafficker. The film was based on the story of Guo Gangtang, a farmer in Shandong province who traveled 400,000 kilometers across China to look for his son. It was released in China on 20 March 2015. Her novel Lost Orphans was also published in March 2015.[8] The film won the 16th Huabiao Award for Outstanding Film, and she received the Best Screenplay Award at the 13th Changchun Film Festival.

In 2017, she served as a screenwriter for the urban emotional drama "The Many Years You're Late" (Chinese:你迟到的许多年, 2017), which was adapted from Yan Geling's novel "Mending Jade Mountain House",[9] for which she was shortlisted for the Best Screenplay (Adaptation) Award at the 25th Shanghai TV Festival - White Magnolia Awards.[10]

In August 2020, she was the director and scriptwriter of the unit "My Name is Dalian" (Chinese:我叫大连, 2020) in the anti-epidemic drama "Together" (Chinese:在一起, 2020).[11]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title
2015 Lost and Love
Television series
Year Title
2020 My name is Dalian
2017 The Many Years You're Late
2014 Love in the Left and Right Hand
2013 No Thief
2013 Youth Code
2011 People to Forty
2010 You Are My Brother
2009 You'll Never Walk Alone
2007 Brothers
2006 Close to You & Make Me Warm
2006 The Guest on the Iceberg
2005 Halfway Couples
2004 Begonia Still
2004 Blue Bird Sky
2002 Back of the Palm
2002 Bouns
2001 Urban Beauty
2000 Nine Nine Return to One
1999 This is family life

Awards and nominations

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Year Awards Category Nominated Work Result
2019 25th Shanghai TV Festival White Magnolia Award for Best Screenplay (Adaptation) Award[10] The Many Years You're Late Nominated
2016 13th Changchun Film Festival Best Screenplay[12] Lost and Love Won
2016 13th Changchun Film Festival Best Chinese Feature Film Lost and Love Nominated
2015 16th Huabiao Award Outstanding Film Lost and Love Won
2015 30th Golden Rooster Awards Best Directorial Debut[13] Lost and Love Nominated
2007 13th Shanghai TV Festival White Magnolia Award for Best Screenplay[14] Halfway Couples Nominated

References

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  1. ^ 秦凌敏 (23 June 2010). "彭三源:苦水玫瑰,娇艳绽放". 新浪博客.
  2. ^ "彭三源加盟华谊成立工作室当制片 娱乐·明星-新闻晚报". 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ^ 十一, 编剧帮 (June 2019). "高满堂、李洲、袁克平、唐尧摘下白玉兰,编剧奖项首次细分".
  4. ^ "张国立陈建斌《亲兄热弟》见面会实录". 新浪娱乐. 20 August 2006.
  5. ^ 北京晚报 (17 February 2011). "《你是我兄弟》北京热播 女编剧详解"兄弟"情". 新浪娱乐.
  6. ^ 冯遐, 北京晨报 (29 December 2011). "《人到四十》推进缓慢 彭三源:生活剧不能洒狗血". 中国作家网.
  7. ^ 新华娱乐 (May 2014). "《左手亲情右手爱》央视热播 袁晶与刘莉莉缘分深". 中国日报网.
  8. ^ 新华悦读 (18 March 2015). "刘德华主演电影《失孤》近期上映 同名小说出版". 中国台湾网.
  9. ^ 杨雯, 中国新闻出版广电报 (24 October 2018). "《你迟到的许多年》:军心不改 实业兴邦". 人民网.
  10. ^ a b vhaha (23 May 2019). "白玉兰入围名单公布 倪大红王凯姚晨赵丽颖等竞争". Sina.
  11. ^ 中国网中部纵览 (7 August 2020). "抗疫题材电视剧《在一起》预告片及明星阵容首次曝光!". 网易.
  12. ^ 翟羽佳 (15 October 2016). "第十三届长春电影节闭幕 黄晓明、白百何分获最佳男女主角奖". 搜狐.
  13. ^ 隐 (19 August 2015). "刘德华汤唯首获金鸡奖提名 《勺子》抢眼". 新浪娱乐.
  14. ^ "白玉兰奖提名名单揭晓 国产电视剧竞争激烈". 新浪娱乐. 29 May 2007.
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