Mark Peploe

• Name — Mark Peploe • Birth Name — Mark Alexis More Peploe • Born — 24 February 1943 • Birthplace — Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya • Died — 18 June 2025 • Place of death — Florence, Italy • Years Active — 1972–1996 • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • Relatives — * Clare Peploe (sister) • Bernardo Bertolucci (brother-in-law)

Mark Peploe was born in Nairobi on 24 February 1943. 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. 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.

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.