Mark Peploe

Mark Peploe
Born
Mark Alexis More Peploe

(1943-02-24)24 February 1943
Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
Died18 June 2025(2025-06-18) (aged 82)
Florence, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1972–1996
Relatives

Mark Peploe (3 March 1943 – 18 June 2025)[1] was an English screenwriter and movie director. He was the brother of Clare Peploe, and the brother-in-law of director Bernardo Bertolucci. He won a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1987 for the movie The Last Emperor. 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.

Peploe died in Florence, Italy on 18 June 2025, at the age of 82.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pulver, Andrew (19 June 2025). "Mark Peploe, Oscar-winning scriptwriter of The Last Emperor, dies aged 82". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. 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"

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