Neil Peng
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| Native name | 馮光遠 |
| Born |
23 September 1953 Sanchong, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Education |
Fu Jen Catholic University, B.A. Fairfield University, M.A. |
| Political party | New Power Party (2015–17) |
| Awards | Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay (1993) |
Neil Peng (Chinese: 馮光遠; born 23 September 1953) is a Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist.
Peng was born in Sanchong, Taipei, and received his bachelor's degree in library science from Fu Jen Catholic University before obtaining his master's degree in mass communications from Fairfield University.
Peng approached director Ang Lee with the idea behind The Wedding Banquet in 1986 by revealing to Lee that one of their mutual friends had moved to the United States and was in a same-sex relationship without the knowledge of the man's parents. Lee and Peng began writing the screenplay two years later and were soon joined by James Schamus. Released in 1993, the film was entered into that year's Berlin Film Festival. Lee and Peng shared the 1993 Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay for their collaboration on the film. In 1994, The Wedding Banquet was nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards.
In 2012, Peng announced his support of the anti-nuclear movement, later becoming a member of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union. He is also known for his support of pension reform and same-sex marriage in Taiwan.
Peng has spoken out against the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement, by launching a petition against the pact's ratification in August 2013. Later that month, Peng and others founded the Constitution 133 Alliance to advocate for the recall of under-performing legislators. The group was named after Article 133 of the Constitution of the Republic of China, which allows constituents to recall their representatives to the Legislative Yuan. The Constitution 133 Alliance launched its first recall campaign against Kuomintang legislator Wu Yu-sheng in August, which was not successful. Though Peng claimed that the Central Election Commission had "stalled" Wu's recall, Peng continued to participate in future recall attempts, rebranded the Appendectomy Project and inspired by the Constitution 133 Alliance, against Wu, Alex Tsai, and Lin Hung-chih in particular. After the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement, proposals to strengthen submission requirements for legislative recall petitions were discussed, a move Peng opposed.
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