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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.
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 Awards 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.
Peploe died in Florence, Italy on 18 June 2025, at the age of 82. Lola Peploe on Instagram: "Gone Returned to the source After a long journey on 18.06.25 @ 20.10 Mark Alexis More Peploe Has flown off into the Blue How terribly we will all miss you R.I.P"
| 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 |
| 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 |
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