--- name: "Neil Peng" canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-peng" fi1m_id: "neil-peng" imdb_id: "nm0671824" tmdb_id: 57051 wikidata_id: "Q9375079" roles: ["Writer"] born: "23 September 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:58:23.449217+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Neil Peng ## Identity Neil Peng - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-peng - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** neil-peng - **IMDb ID:** nm0671824 - **TMDB ID:** 57051 - **Wikidata ID:** Q9375079 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9375079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57051 Writer. Born 23 September 1953 in Sanchong District. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 23 September 1953, Sanchong District - **Also known as:** 冯光远, Feng Guang Yuan, 徐玖經 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9375079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57051 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Wedding Banquet*](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Neil Peng (Chinese: 馮光遠; also credited as Feng Guang Yuan and under the pen name 徐玖經) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, journalist and political activist. Born on 23 September 1953 in Sanchong District, Taipei County, he studied library science at Fu Jen Catholic University and mass communications at Fairfield University in the United States. He later worked as deputy editor-in-chief at the China Times. Peng co-wrote the screenplay for Ang Lee's *The Wedding Banquet* (1993) with Lee and James Schamus; the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the trio shared the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay. He received a story credit on the 2025 remake. Peng has also written and directed *The Candidate* (1998) and has been active in Taiwan's anti-nuclear movement. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md) ## Complete filmography (5) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Wedding Banquet* (2025), Original Film Writer - *till next time* (2018), as Dad - *The Candidats* (1998), Director - *Lonely Hearts Club* (1995), as Miss Chens Husband - *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md) ## Gallery - ![Neil Peng](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-0e1bb7f9e4ef.jpg) Neil Peng — Shih-Shiuan Kao from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Neil_Peng_DSC8190_%286294292524%29.jpg/1280px-Neil_Peng_DSC8190_%286294292524%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​318學運週年新書發表會(美國之音張永泰拍攝) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-82234be5c436.jpg) ​318學運週年新書發表會(美國之音張永泰拍攝) (2015) — 張永泰, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/318%E5%AD%B8%E9%81%8B%E9%80%B1%E5%B9%B4%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B8%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%A8%E6%9C%83_01.jpg/1280px-318%E5%AD%B8%E9%81%8B%E9%80%B1%E5%B9%B4%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B8%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%A8%E6%9C%83_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![馮光遠在佔領立法院現場 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-6137853615fa.jpg) 馮光遠在佔領立法院現場 (2014) — Yuren Ju, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Congress_Occupied_by_Yuren_Ju_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Congress_Occupied_by_Yuren_Ju_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​時代力量新北市第一選舉區立法委員擬參選人馮光遠淡水競選辦公室，位於新北市淡水區新市一路三段55號1樓，因馮光遠退選而歇業。大門前站立者即是馮光遠。 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-d828f9c7c9fe.jpg) ​時代力量新北市第一選舉區立法委員擬參選人馮光遠淡水競選辦公室，位於新北市淡水區新市一路三段55號1樓，因馮光遠退選而歇業。大門前站立者即是馮光遠。 (2015) — 沃草, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Neil_Peng%27s_Tamsui_Campaign_Office_20150825.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Neil Peng (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-250342e3ef55.jpg) Neil Peng (2014) — Hsu Luke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Neil_Peng-20140829_%2815094402675%29.jpg/1280px-Neil_Peng-20140829_%2815094402675%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![2011同志大使馮光遠](https://film.one/media/person/83372/gallery-ff39d3b33d6e.jpg) 2011同志大使馮光遠 — 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市 (Taipei City), 台灣 (Taiwan), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Neil_Peng_2011-10-29_190_%286302588944%29.jpg/1280px-Neil_Peng_2011-10-29_190_%286302588944%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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