Mark Peploe


Screenwriter

About

Birth Place
Kenya

Biography

Collaborative scenarist who has worked with Jacques Demy, Rene Clement, Michelangelo Antonioni and brother-in-law Bernardo Bertolucci. Peploe wrote his sister Clare's romantic comedy "High Season" (1987) and made his feature directing debut with "Afraid of the Dark," a psychological thriller about a boy with failing eyesight which he also wrote....

Biography

Collaborative scenarist who has worked with Jacques Demy, Rene Clement, Michelangelo Antonioni and brother-in-law Bernardo Bertolucci. Peploe wrote his sister Clare's romantic comedy "High Season" (1987) and made his feature directing debut with "Afraid of the Dark," a psychological thriller about a boy with failing eyesight which he also wrote.

Life Events

1972

Early screenplay credit on Jacques Demy's British feature, "The Pied Piper"

1975

Wrote screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger"

1987

Co-wrote screenplay with Bernardo Bertolucci for "The Last Emperor"

1987

Wrote screenplay for feature directorial debut of sister Clare Peploe, "High Season"

1990

Co-wrote script with Bertolucci for "The Sheltering Sky"

1992

Feature film directing debut, "Afraid of the Dark" (also writer)

1995

Helmed "Victory", adapted from the James Conrad work

Family

Clare Peploe
Sister
Director, screenwriter.
Bernardo Bertolucci
Brother-In-Law
Director, screenwriter.

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