Mark Peploe
English screenwriter and film director (1943–2025)
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Mark Peploe (24 February 1943 – 18 June 2025) was an English screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Clare Peploe, and the brother-in-law of director Bernardo Bertolucci.
24 February 1943
- Film director
- screenwriter
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| Born | Mark Alexis More Peploe 24 February 1943 |
| Died | 18 June 2025 (aged 82) Florence, Italy |
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| Years active | 1972–1996 |
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Early life and career
Mark Peploe was born in Nairobi on 24 February 1943.[1] His paternal grandfather was the renowned Scottish painter Samuel John Peploe (S. J. Peploe), and his maternal great-great-grandfather was the German sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. His mother, Clotilde Peploe, was a noted painter, and his father, Willy Peploe, worked as an art dealer. He had a sister, Clare Peploe, also a screenwriter.[2]
He started making documentaries, but turned to writing scripts. He wrote the screenplay for the 1975 film The Passenger. He went on to write High Season (1987) with his sister Clare, as well as The Last Emperor (1987) with Bernardo Bertolucci. He won an Academy Award in the best adapted screenplay category for the latter. Peploe also helped write The Sheltering Sky (1990) and Little Buddha (1993), both directed by Bertolucci.[2]
Personal life and death
Peploe's partner was art historian Alina Payne. Prior to that, he was married to costume designer Louise Stjernsward, with whom he had a daughter, Lola.[2]
Peploe died in Florence, Italy on 18 June 2025, at the age of 82.[2][3]
Filmography
As Screenwriter
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Jacques Demy | Writing Credit with Andrew Birkin and Jacques Demy |
| 1975 | The Passenger | Michelangelo Antonioni | Writing Credit with Michelangelo Antonioni and Peter Wollen |
| Wanted: Babysitter | René Clément | Writing Credit with Nicola Badalucco, René Clément and Luciano Vincenzoni | |
| 1985 | Samson and Delilah | Self | Short Film Writing Credit with Frederick Seidel Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Short Film |
| 1987 | High Season | Clare Peploe | Writing Credit with Clare Peploe |
| The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | Writing Credit with Bernardo Bertolucci Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay David di Donatello for Best Script Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
| 1990 | The Sheltering Sky | Writing Credit with Bernardo Bertolucci | |
| 1991 | Afraid of the Dark | Self | Writing Credit with Frederick Seidel |
| 1993 | Little Buddha | Bernardo Bertolucci | Writing Credit with Rudy Wurlitzer |
| 1996 | Victory | Self | Writing Credit with Frederick Seidel |
