Ren Pengnian (; 1894 in Shanghai – 23 February 1968) was a Chinese film director who created the first standard-length narrative film in China. He started a film company in 1926 called Dongfang Film Studio.
Ren filmed over forty films during his career as a director, and also starred in some of them. His 1921 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.
Filmography
+FilmsYearTitle1919The GamblerThe Dilemma1920Li DashaoRobbery en RouteFierce Backward GlanceWinning Gold in the Wild MountainsWinning First Prize1921A Stupid Son-in-Law's Birthday GreetingsThe Woman of the Wicker HouseHan Da Catches a ThiefYan Ruisheng1922The Lotus FallsTalking Lost PropertyRighteousness before FamilyThe Filial Woman's SoupAn Empty DreamThe Good Brothers1923Patriotic UmbrellaBy Pine and Cypress1925Misfortune in the Realm of LoveStepmother's Tears1926The Tale of LijingA Workman's Wife1927The Dream of Red Mansions; directed with Yu Boyan1927–1928The Picture of the Eight Beauties of Jiaxing (3 parts); directed with Ren Yutian and Chen Hanping1928Fang Shiyu Takes Up the ChallengeThrough the Milky WayDi Qing Causes Uproar in the Wanhua Tower1929Uproar at Mount Wutai1930Strange Destiny in the Robber's Lair1931–1932Mistress of the Spear (6 parts)1931The Destruction of Fierce Tiger TownThe Flying GeneralThe Heroine Black Peony1933A Real ManHer HeartLetter Written in BloodSecret in the PictureEvil Neighbor1934The Person in the Curtains1935Dazed and Crazy
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